LudhianaIn 14 Sep 2020- last 24 hours, 324 persons were tested positive and 11 succumbed to infection. With new cases, the active cases in the district are 1855. Today, the health department has collected the samples of 2841 suspected persons.
Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that a total of 197422 samples have been taken till date, out of which report of 196032 samples has been received and report of 1360 samples is pending. He said that 14184 persons have tested positive for Covid19 and 11738 were recovered.He said that unfortunately 11 people have died due to infection and till now 588 have lost their life. He said that whenever District Administration and Health Department Ludhiana finds out that about any positive or suspected COVID 19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Civil Surgeon appealed to the residents to follow all directions of the Punjab government and if they would stay indoors, they would not only stay safe themselves, but would also contribute in keeping everyone around safe.