MISSION FATEH : Recovery rate of COVID-19 patients reaches at 93.71%
Ludhiana, June 03:
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma today informed that under the “Mission Fateh” of the Punjab government, the number of COVID-19 patients getting cured in district Ludhiana is increasing with each passing day. He said that there are 3325 active patients in the district at present.
He said that sincere efforts are being made to keep people safe from Covid-19. He said that a total of 255 patients (228 new patients from district Ludhiana and 27 from other states/districts) have tested positive in the last 24 hours.
He further said that till date, a total of 1413624 samples have been taken, out of which a report of 1413249 samples have been received, of which 1317321 samples were found negative while reports of 375 samples were pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 84850, while 11078 patients belong to other districts/states.
He said that unfortunately, 9 patients lost their lives today (6 from district Ludhiana, 2 from Sangrur and 1 from Ropar). Now, the total number of persons who lost their lives including 2007 people from Ludhiana and 998 from other districts.
He said that whenever the District Administration and Health Department Ludhiana finds out about any positive or suspected COVID 19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 14544 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.