Highest single day spike in Ludhiana district, 435 tested positive for covid19 and 13 died

LudhianaIn 12 Sep 2020- a highest single day spike, 435 Corona Virus cases and 13 persons died in last 24 hours in district.  The Corona Virus cases has reached 13445 in district. The health department has collected the samples of 5037 suspected persons today. Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that a total of 134780 samples have been taken till date, out of which report of 132814 samples has been received and report of 1966 samples is pending. He said that 13445 persons have tested positive for Covid19 and 10832 were recovered.He said that unfortunately 13 people have died due to infection and till now 571 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.