Ludhiana 30 Aug-
In an alarming situation, Corona Virus cases in district crossed 10 thousand mark on Sunday. Today, 213 persons were tested positive and 15 died due to Covid 19. The highest number of patients were in Ludhiana district in Punjab state. However the health department claimed that the handsome number of patients were recovering also.
The number of active patients patients in the district is 1715 at present. Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga informed that sincere efforts are being made to keep people safe from Covid 19. He said that 213 new patients have tested positive in last 24 hours time.He further said that till date, a total of 121909 samples have been taken, out of which report of 119202 samples has been received, of 108111 samples is negative and report of 2707 samples is pending. He said that 10039 persons have tested positive for Covid19 and 7927 were recovered.
He said that unfortunately 15 people have died due to infections and till now 378 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.
