No Covid patient from Ludhiana on ventilator support

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 17

What has come as a relief today is that no patient from Ludhiana district is on ventilator support. During the second wave, there were days when over 50 patients were on ventilator support on a single day. On May 25, 64 patients were on ventilator support.

Today, 23 patients were admitted to private hospitals and six to government hospitals. As many as 101 persons were sent for home isolation.

On Saturday, seven persons tested positive for Covid while one lost his life to the virus. The deceased was a 62-year-old man from Khanna who was admitted to Rajindra Hospital, Patiala.

A total of 18,81,262 samples have been taken, of which 17,82,459 were found negative. Today samples of 9,509 persons were collected.

Till now, 1,00,530 persons have been home quarantined and at present, 13,474 are in home quarantine.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said despite the fact that cases were decreasing in the district, people need to be vigilant as the virus was still here and everyone had to be cautious.

“I request people to continue follow Covid-appropriate behaviour,” thew Deputy Commissioner said.

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