LUDHIANA-15 DEATHS, 360 TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID19 IN LAST 24 HOURS

(Bright Punjab Express) Ludhiana 22 Aug-In an alarming situation for Ludhiana, 360 new corona virus patients and 15 deaths were reported in district on Saturday. Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga informed that  there are 2258 active patients in the district at present. He said that sincere efforts are being made to keep people safe from Covid 19. He said that 360 new patients have tested positive in last 24 hours time.He further said that till date, a total of 100809 samples have been taken, out of which report of 97975 samples has been received, of 88608 samples is negative and report of 2834 samples is pending. He said that 8508 persons have tested positivre for Covid19 and 6044 were recovered.He said that unfortunately 15 people have died due to infections and till now 303 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.