Ludhiana reports 373 new COVID cases, eight deaths

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, March 20

Ludhiana’s recorded an alarming 373 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths in the last 24 hours, district officials said.

The district has been selling an uptick of cases since the beginning of this month, prompting the district administration to impose night curfew indefinitely from March 12. The district’s numbers, which have been in triple digits for most of March, shot past 300 on Friday.

Eleven students, three teachers, a healthcare worker were among Saturday’s new cases. Forty-four new cases were from outside the district.

Of the deaths, two were from Jalandhar, and one each from Amritsar, Sangrur, Fazilka, and Kapurthala.

This takes the district’s infection numbers past 35,000—a number that includes patients from other districts of Punjab. Death toll stands at 1,620.

The district has over 1,900 active cases. Fifteen people are critical and on ventilator support.

Where Ludhiana stands

Cases

Total: 35,247

Patients from Ludhiana: 30,395

Patients from outside: 4,852

Deaths

Toll: 1,620

Patients from outside: 545

Patients from Ludhiana: 1,075

Active cases: 1,918