No death; 47 positive in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, January 28

Fortyseven persons tested positive for Covid, while no death was reported due to the virus in the district today.

The total number of students who have tested positive from Government Senior Secondary Smart School, Galib Kalan, has gone to 26, out of which 18 students belong to Galib Kalan village itself, while eight belong to adjoining villages.

Meanwhile, two more people from Galib Kalan village have tested positive who are contacts of positive cases.

In addition, 14 teachers from this school, who belong to different areas, have also tested positive and one teacher has succumbed to the virus.

There are a total of 42 cases related Galib Kalan school.

A micro-containment zone was declared at Galib Kalan which include Talwandi Kalan Road and Churpur Kokhri Road. Earlier, a micro-containment zone was declared here which included Galib Kalan, Moti Bagh, Heera Bagh and Teg Bahadur Nagar. All these areas are in Jagraon and within the radius of 100-150 m.

Meanwhile, five teachers from Government Senior Secondary School, Gidderwindi, including the principal, also tested positive for Covid and the Health Department has written to the Deputy Commissioner to close this school till further orders.

In a good development, no patient was on ventilator support today. The result of 842 samples is still awaited and the number of samples collected till date is 5,94,828. Patients who have recovered from the district are 24,362.

At present, there are 25,675 positive cases in the district and 314 active cases, while 43 were home quarantined today. In addition, 2,011 healthcare workers were vaccinated at 22 session sites today.