14591 Samples for Covid-19 taken in Ludhiana district
Recovery rate of Covid-19 patients reaches at 80.59 per cent
cityairnews
May 15, 2021 05:58
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Ludhiana: Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar 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 12832 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 1255 patients (1132 new patients from district Ludhiana and 123 from other states/districts) have tested positive in the last 24 hours.
He further said that till date, a total of 1144871 samples have been taken, out of which a report of 1144366 samples have been received, of which 1068526 samples were found negative while reports of 505 samples were pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 74853, while 9787 patients belong to other districts/states.
He said that unfortunately, 25 patients lost their lives today (18 from district Ludhiana, 2 from Sangrur while one each from districts Hoshiarpur, Fazilka, state Uttar Pradesh and 2 from state Jammu Kashmir). Now, the total number of persons who lost their lives including 1700 people from Ludhiana and 853 from other districts.
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, 14591 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to the residents to adhere all the safety protocols like wearing masks, maintaining social distance and washing hands frequently of the Punjab government to not only save themselves but keeping everyone around safe.
