Ludhiana, June 3: Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal today informed that a total of 3 positive cases have been reported in district Ludhiana in last 24 hours time. The new positive cases include a 27-year-old girl, who is a resident of Millerganj (Ludhiana), but is admitted at GMC Hospital, Patiala, a 52-year-old woman who is a resident of Ishar Nagar near Gill Road is admitted at DMCH Ludhiana and the third patient was a 64-year-old patient, who basically hailed from Tagore Nagar Jalandhar and was undergoing treatment at DMCH Ludhiana for some other disease. This patient passed away at DMCH today and was suffering from Sugar Type-2 and asthama.
He further said that till date, a total of 8650 samples have been taken, out of which report of 8029 samples has been received, of 7731 samples is negative and report of 621 samples is pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 203, while 95 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 150 patients related to district Ludhiana have been discharged from hospital after treatment.
He informed that till date, 7208 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 1626. Today, 175 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, 550 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.
