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Tribune News ServiceLudhiana May 1A record number of 1600 persons tested positive within 24 hours in the district today. This is the highest single-day spike in new cases since the outbreak of Covid in March 2020 in Ludhiana. As many as 42 patients — 21 belonging to Ludhiana and 21 to other districts — were admitted to Level-3 bed facility. Those who tested positive today included eight healthcare workers six undertrials and 92 persons who got infected from positive contacts. A total of 995857 samples have been taken out of which reports of 995409 samples have been received..