Chawni Mohalla of Ludhiana city declared as containment zone

Ludhiana: Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal today informed that in the last 24 hours, 16 new positive cases have been reported in district Ludhiana. He informed that these cases include, 5 patients from Chawni Mohalla, three from Model Town Extension, 4 from Khanna, 2 from Madhopuri and one from Islamganj. One patient is a resident of Delhi.
    Mr Agrawal informed that because a total of 15 cases have come from Chawni Mohalla alone, the District Administration and Health Department has declared it as a containment zone. He informed that curfew like situation would be maintained in this area and no person would be allowed to leave or enter the Chawni Mohalla. He said that this entire area has been sealed and only essential services would be allowed here.
    He informed that as per the “Mission Fateh” started by the Punjab government, the number of patients getting cured is increasing with each passing day. He said that till date, a total of 160 patients have been discharged from hospital after getting cured.
    He further said that till date, a total of 9806 samples have been taken, out of which report of 9121 samples has been received, of 8799 samples is negative and report of 685 samples is pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 226, while 96 patients are related to other districts/states. He said that unfortunately 9 people from Ludhiana and 7 from other districts have lost their lives. He said that 160 patients related to district Ludhiana have been discharged from hospital after treatment.
    He informed that till date, 7576 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 1591. Today, 237 persons were sent for home quarantine.
    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. Similarly, 603 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly. He 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.
    Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga informed that as per directions of the Punjab government, any person not wearing mask would be fined Rs 500, if any bus owner, car owner or auto rickshaw/two-wheeler owner does not follow social distancing rules, then they would be fined Rs 3,000, Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 respectively. Any person breaking home quarantine would be fined Rs 2,000 and any person spitting in public place would be fined Rs 500.