Ludhiana 06 Sep 2020
In last 24 hours, 307 more patients were tested positive for Corona virus and 13 succumbed to infection. The active cases in district has reached 1810. Today, the samples of 5102 suspected patients were collected and the result is awaited.
Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that a total of 129540 samples have been taken till date, out of which report of 127972 samples has been received, of 114922 samples is negative and report of 1568 mples is pending. He said that 11784 ersons have tested positive for Covid19 and 9472 were recovered.
He said that unfortunately 13 people have died due to infection and till now 499 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.
