Ludhiana:-160 tested positive for Covid19 today, 8 succumbed to infection

Ludhiana 05 Oct 2020
On Monday, 160 persons were tested positive for Corona Virus and eight patients have succumbed to infection in Ludhiana district.
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Sharma today informed that under the “Mission Fateh” of the Punjab government, the number of COVID-19 patients getting cured in district Ludhiana is increasing with each passing day. He said that there are 803 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 a total of 186 patients (160 new patients from district Ludhiana and 26 from other states/districts) have tested positive in the last 24 hours time.
He further said that till date, a total of 297860 samples have been taken, out of which report of 296673 samples have been received, of which 275648 samples were found negative while report of 1187 samples were pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 18654, while 2371 patients are related to other districts/states.
He said that unfortunately, 10 patients lost their lives today (8 from Ludhiana, while one each from district Kapurthala and Jammu & Kashmir State). Now, the total number of persons who lost their lives including 778 people from Ludhiana and 267 from other districts.
He informed that till date, 44553 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 2800. Today, 180 persons were sent for home quarantine.
He said that whenever the District Administration and Health Department Ludhiana finds out about any positive or suspected COVID 19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 3630 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.