Elderly woman dies of Covid; six test +ve in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 27

Six persons tested positive for Covid and one patient lost her life due to the disease today.

The deceased was an 80-year-old woman from Fatehgarh Sahib, who was admitted to the Christian Medical College and Hospital.

Eight micro-containment zones were formed in the district at Ring Enclave, Rakba village, New Prem Nagar, Sukhmani Enclave, Janpath Villa, Fatehganj, near Baba Than Singh Chowk, Kitchlu Nagar and Basant Vihar due to the slight increase in cases and people from same families testing positive these days.

Tomorrow, some areas of Maya Nagar will be declared a micro-containment zone where three members of a family tested positive today. The family was scheduled to go to Kartarpur Sahib and when they got themselves tested for Covid before leaving home, three of the five members tested positive.

The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached 97.53 per cent. At present, there are 48 active cases in the district. Fortyseven persons were told to undergo home isolation today.

Till date, a total of 29,96,880 samples have been taken, of which 28,97,354 were found negative. The total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 87,763 while 11,763 belong to other districts or states.

The total number of persons who lost their lives includes 2,117 persons from Ludhiana and 1,061 from other districts.

Whenever the district administration or the Health Department, Ludhiana, finds out about any positive or suspected Covid patients, their samples are sent for testing. As many as 1,818 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to residents to adhere to all Covid safety protocols of the state government

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