Ludhiana 20 Sep,2020
In last 24 hours, 244 more persons were tested positive for Corona virus and 5 succumbed to infection in Ludhiana district. The active cases in the district have reached 1648. Today, the health department has collected the samples of 4951 suspected persons.
Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that a total of 228251 samples have been taken till date, out of which report of 225932 samples has been received and report of 2319 samples is pending. He said that 16295 persons have tested positive for Covid19 and 13981 were recovered.
He said that unfortunately 5 people have died due to infection and till now 663 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.
