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Nitin JainTribune News ServiceLudhiana April 7Ludhiana which was among the worst-hit districts and was re-emerging as the Covid capital of Punjab has reported second highest daily fresh cases in the state during March. The district recorded an average of 236 daily new infections last month which was less than 260 reported by Jalandhar. However the district recorded lowest average positivity rate among 11 high-burden districts in March. When it comes to district-wise contact tracing in March Ludhiana traced 9.3 per cent contacts of total positive cases which was much less than the state average of 13.1 per cent. Also the positivity rate among contacts fell down drastically to 1.9 per cent in March from 8.8 per cent recorded in the state during February and January..