LUDHIANA: The district logged the lowest daily Covid case count in the past one year on Friday, when eight residents tested positive.
As per the health department bulletin, one death was reported on the day. A 68-year-old woman of Poonia village died at a city hospital.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll has risen to 2,088 and that of outsiders here stood at 1,043.
To date, 18,05,956 persons have been tested. The eight new cases include four from OPD, one contact of a positive patient, two from flu corner, and one through tracing process. Seven patients from outside Ludhiana too tested positive here.
The district’s case count is 87,108 and that of outsiders here is 11,548.
So far, 84,859 patients have recovered, which constitutes 97.42% of the total cases.
There are 161 active cases. On Friday, the number of samples collected was 8,637.
Five patients are on ventilators. Of them, two are of Ludhiana.
