Punjab: Ludhiana reports 314 new Covid-19 cases, 10 deaths in 24 hours

LUDHIANA: Deputy commissioner Varinder Sharma on Saturday 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 1,683 active patients in the district at present.
He said that sincere efforts are being made to keep people safe from Covid-19. A total of 314 patients (296 new patients from district Ludhiana and 18 from other states/districts) have tested positive in last 24 hours time.
He further said that till date, a total of 70,904 samples have been taken, out of which report of 69,010 samples has been received out of which 63,637 samples ae negative and reports of 1,894 samples are pending.He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 4,808, while 565 patients are related to other districts/states.
10 patients lost their lives on Saturday and all of them were from district Ludhiana. With this the total number of persons who lost their lives include 158 people from Ludhiana and 44 from other districts.
He informed that till date, 24,854 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 4,782. On Saturday, 404 persons were sent for home quarantine.
He said that whenever district administration and health department Ludhiana find out that about any positive or suspected Covid-19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 1,102 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing on Saturday and their results are expected shortly.
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 in keeping everyone around safe.