Recovery rate touches record high of 97.53% in Ludhiana

Nitin Jain

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 4

In another sign of gradual retreat and plateauing of the impact of devastating second Covid wave, the recovery rate of deadly virus patients touched a record high of 97.53 per cent in Ludhiana district on Friday.

Making a turnaround from the worst-hit to the safest district in the state, Ludhiana has been witnessing a major decline in the daily virus cases and deaths as well.

The data compiled by the district administration, which is available with The Tribune, revealed that the recovery rate touched a record high of 97.53 per cent, while the daily positivity rate touched a record low of 1.42 per cent on Friday.

The recovery rate was an indicator of patients recovering from the virus every day in the ratio of those testing positive on the same day.

The ratio was on the rise constantly since May 14 when 97.25 per cent Covid patients had recovered. The upward trend continued with 97.26 per cent recovery rate on May 15; 97.27 per cent on May 17; 97.3 per cent on May 18; 97.33 per cent on May 19; 97.35 per cent on May 20; 97.37 per cent on May 21; 97.39 per cent on May 22; 97.41 per cent on May 23; 97.44 per cent on May 24; 97.45 per cent on May 25; 97.46 per cent on May 26 and 27; 97.47 per cent on May 28 and 29; 97.48 per cent on May 30; 97.5 per cent on May 31; 97.51 per cent on June 1; 97.52 per cent on June 2; and touching the all-time high of 97.53 June 3 and 4.

The recovery rate ranged between 96.05 per cent and 96.08 per cent from January 1 to 31, while it went up to 96.13 per cent till February 28, 96.37 per cent till March 31, and reached 97.06 per cent on April 30.

The recovery of Covid patients picked more pace in May when it reached 97.09 per cent on May 4, and kept rising to 97.11 per cent on May 6; 97.14 per cent on May 7; 97.16 per cent on May 8; 97.18 per cent on May 9, before reaching 97.24 per cent with highest daily jump of 0.06 per cent on May 10 and 11, slightly dipping to 97.21 per cent on May 12, again going up to 97.23 per cent on May 13.

With 453 more patients recovering from the dreaded virus on Friday, the cumulative recovery figure reached 79,965, while the cumulative positive cases touched 85,050 in the district.

Officialspeak

We are ensuring best treatment and home isolation facilities to the Covid patients. While critical cases are provided with proper hospitalisation and management, those under home isolation are given Fateh medicine and food kits, besides regular examination and monitoring at their doorstep. — Varinder Kumar Sharma, Deputy Commissioner