Covid-19: 2 more succumb; 32 +ve in Ludhiana
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, February 6
Thirtytwo persons tested positive for Covid while two persons lost their lives to the virus today. Now, the total positive cases from the district have reached 26,040 while 1,006 have lost their lives to the virus.
A 68-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman from Krishna Nagar and Lalton Khurd, respectively, died of Covid on Saturday. Both of them were suffering from diabetes.
A total of 6,12,861 samples have been taken, of which reports of 6,11,001 have been received. Of these, 5,80,993 samples were found negative while reports of 1,860 are pending. Now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 26,040 while 3,968 patients belong to other districts or states.
Now, the total number of persons who lost their lives include 1,006 persons from Ludhiana and 483 from other districts.
Till date, 56,525 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 724. Today, 27 persons were sent for home quarantine.
46-year-old teacherfound infected
Meanwhile, a 46-year-old female teacher from Government Primary School, Dashmesh Nagar, tested positive today. The Health Department has devised a plan to conduct Covid testing of all teachers.
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to residents to adhere to all Covid-19 safety guidelines issued by the state government.
‘Provide vaccination to schoolteachers’
Chandarkant Chadha, a leader of the Shiv Sena Hindustan, issued a statement and asked the state government to ensure Covid-19 vaccination for schoolteachers on a priority basis so that teachers could stay safe and continue their work at schools.
Chadha praised the state government for providing the vaccination to frontline workers from the Police and Health departments. He said several schoolteachers in the district had tested positive for Covid and they should be administered the vaccination as soon as possible.
“Many parents have raised the issue that despite several teachers in Ludhiana have been tested positive, schools are being opened. Parents are not allowing their wards to visit schools due to the same. Include teachers of government and private schools in the frontline workers’ category and ensure their vaccination at the earliest,” he said.
