Ludhiana 03 Sep 2020
In last 24 hours, the Corona Virus claimed 18 lives and 282 patients were tested positive. The total number of deaths in district are 24 and out total, four belonged to other districts and died in different hospitals of Ludhiana.
Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that a total of 125956 samples have been taken till date, out of which report of 124589 samples has been received, of 112512 samples is negative and report of 1307 samples is pending. He said that 10914 persons have tested positive for Covid19 and 8774 were recovered.
He said that unfortunately 18 people have died due to infections and till now 460 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. On Thursday, the samples of 3567 persons were collected by health department.
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.
