Covid cases dip to five, no death in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 14

As many as five fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in Ludhiana district today.

These include three patients with influenza-like illness who visited the Flu Corner and a patient who visited the OPD and a health care worker.

Civil Surgeon Kiran Gill said a total of 13 patients, including five from Ludhiana district and eight from other states or districts, have tested positive in the past 24 hours.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said at present, there were 154 active patients in the district.

He said till date, a total of 18,52,304 samples had been taken, the reports of which had been received. Of these, 17,53,540 were found negative. Now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana was 87,190, while 11,574 patients belong to other districts or states.

He said so far, 2,090 persons from Ludhiana and 1,044 from other districts lost their lives to Covid.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma emphasised that only vaccination and Covid-apt behaviour would protect people from the third wave.

Addressing city residents in his weekly Facebook live session on the official page of the DPRO, Ludhiana, the Deputy Commissioner said if people keep following Covid-appropriate behaviour and get the vaccine, then the third wave would not have any impact on their lives.

Thanking residents for making the district first in the highest vaccination coverage in the state as nearly 13.50 lakh have been vaccinated, the DC said people must get the jab whenever it arrives here as it was critical to break the transmission chain of the virus.

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