Mission Fateh: 3474 samples for Covid-19 taken in Ludhiana district
Recovery rate of Covid-19 patients reaches at 92.77 per cent
cityairnews
Dec 10, 2020 06:12
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Ludhiana: Deputy Commissioner Mr 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 785 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 82 patients (62 new patients from district Ludhiana and 20 from other states/districts) have tested positive in the last 24 hours time.
He further said that till date, a total of 488736 samples have been taken, out of which report of 486604 samples have been received, of which 459449 samples were found negative while report of 2132 samples were pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 23729, while 3426 patients are related to other districts/states.
He said that unfortunately, 6 patient lost their lives today ( 3 from district Ludhiana while one each from Barnala, Mansa and Moga districts). Now, the total number of persons who lost their lives including 926 people from Ludhiana and 403 from other districts.
He informed that till date, 52753 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 2709. Today, 148 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, 3474 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.
Mr Sharma 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 to keeping everyone around safe.
