Ludhiana 08 Sep 2020
In last 24 hours, 304 more patients were tested positive for Corona virus and 15 succumbed to infection. The active cases in district has reached 1883. Today, the samples of 4222 suspected patients were collected and the result is awaited.
Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that a total of 129016 samples have been taken till date, out of which report of 127490 samples has been received, of 113856 samples is negative and report of 1526 samples is pending. He said that 12302 persons have tested positive for Covid19 and 9894 were recovered.
He said that unfortunately 15 people have died due to infection and till now 522 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.
