LUDHIANA: The district recorded 12 Covid cases on Friday—the lowest single-day case count in about a year. No death was reported on the day.
Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said the district’s toll stood at 2,086 and that of outsiders here at 1,040.
To date, 17,37,819 persons have been tested. Of the 12 new cases, four were from OPD, two from flu corner and three through tracing process. Two patients from outside the district, too, tested positive here.
The local health department officials said the district’s case count is 86,997 and that of outsiders here is 11,511.
So far, 84,605 patients have recovered, which constitutes 97.25% of the total cases.
There are 306 active cases. On Friday, the number of samples taken was 11,006.
Eight patients are on ventilators. Of them, two are of Ludhiana.
