332 more tested positive for Covid19, 12 died today

Ludhiana 18 Sep 2020
On Friday, 332 persons were tested positive for Corona Virus and 12 succumbed to infection in last 24 hours in district. The active cases in the district have reached 1834. Today, the health department has collected the samples of 5521 suspected persons. Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that a total of 218214 samples have been taken till date, out of which report of 216651 samples has been received and report of 1563 samples is pending. He said that 15704 persons have tested positive for Covid19 and 13221 were recovered.He said that unfortunately 12 people have died due to infection and till now 646 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.