3 lose life; 61 +ve

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, February 4

Three persons lost their life, while 61 tested positive for Covid in the district today.

At present, there are 383 active patients in the district.

A total of 6,08,598 samples have been taken, out of which the reports of 6,07,494 samples have been received. Out of these, 5,77,564 samples were found negative, while the reports of 1,104 samples were pending. Now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 25,974, while 3,956 patients belong to other districts/states.

Today, three patients lost their lives in the district. Now, the total number of persons who have lost their lives include 1,004 from Ludhiana and 480 from other districts.

According to the Health Department till date, 56,441 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and the number of such persons is 689. Today, 33 persons were sent for home quarantine.

Today, 2,072 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing and their results are expected shortly.

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to the residents to adhere to all safety protocols like wearing masks, maintaining social distance and washing hands frequently for everyone’s safety.

Meanwhile, the vaccination of frontline workers continued today.