Ludhiana, September 26:
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 1265 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 209 patients (172 new patients from district Ludhiana and 37 from other states/districts) have tested positive in the last 24 hours time.
He further said that till date, a total of 256864 samples have been taken, out of which report of 254845 samples have been received, of which 235424 samples were found negative while report of 2019 samples were pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 17331, while 2090 patients are related to other districts/states.
पेट में अंगारे और मन में तूफान लिए भारत बंद करने को मजबूर है अन्नदाता किसान
He said that unfortunately, 13 patients lost their lives today (6 from Ludhiana, 2 from Jalandhar, one each from districts Sangrur, Tarn Taran, Moga while 2 belongs to Jammu & Kashmir State). Now, the total number of persons who lost their lives including 708 people from Ludhiana and 226 from other districts.
He informed that till date, 42876 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 4022. Today, 267 persons were sent for home quarantine.
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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, 3530 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.
-Nav Gill
