Covid-19: Four more test +ve in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 22

Four persons tested positive for Covid in the district while no death was reported today. The recovery rate in the district has gone to 97.55 per cent.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said today that under the ‘Mission Fateh’ of the state government, the number of Covid-19 patients getting cured in Ludhiana district was increasing with each passing day. Today, four new patients from the district had tested positive in the past 24 hours.

Till date, a total of 22,06,937 samples have been taken, of which 21,07,831 were found negative. Now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 87,456 while 11,650 belong to other districts/states.

The total number of persons who lost their lives include 2,095 persons from Ludhiana and 1,048 from other districts.

The Deputy Commissioner said whenever the district administration and the Health Department, Ludhiana, find out about any positive or suspected Covid patients, their samples were sent for testing. As many as 8,681 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

The Deputy Commissioner appealed to residents to adhere to all safety protocols such as wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and washing hands frequently to save themselves and others around them safe.

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