8 deaths, 214 new COVID cases reported in Ludhiana

Ludhiana, 07 Sep 2020
As many as 214 persons were tested positive for Corona Virus and eight died due to infection on Monday. The active cases in district has reached 1734. Today, the samples of 3847 suspected patients were collected and the result is awaited.Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that a total of 130829 samples have been taken till date, out of which report of 129302 samples has been received, of 116005 samples is negative and report of 1527 samples is pending. He said that 11998 ersons have tested positive for Covid19 and 9754 were recovered.
He said that unfortunately 8 people have died due to infection and till now 507 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.