Mission Fateh: 10583 samples for COVID-19 taken in Ludhiana district
Recovery rate of COVID-19 patients reaches at 97.15%
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Jun 27, 2021 05:09
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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 397 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 35 patients (32 new patients from district Ludhiana and 3 from other states/districts) have tested positive in the last 24 hours.
He further said that till date, a total of 1685184 samples have been taken, out of which a report of 1685133 samples have been received, of which 1586762 samples were found negative while reports of 51 samples were pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 86888, while 11483 patients belong to other districts/states.
He said that the total number of persons who lost their lives including 2081 people from Ludhiana and 1038 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, 11583 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.
