13 death, 263 new Corona positive cases reported in Ludhiana district

Ludhiana 09 Sep 2020
In last 24 hours, 13 people succumbed to Covid19 infection and 263 were tested positive in Ludhiana district. The active cases in district has reached 1819. Today, the samples of 4711 suspected patients were collected and the result is awaited.Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that a total of 130390 samples have been taken till date, out of which report of 128452 samples has been received, of 114529 samples is negative and report of 1938 samples is pending. He said that 12565 persons have tested positive for Covid19 and 10208 were recovered.He said that unfortunately 13 people have died due to infection and till now 535 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.