Tribune News Service Ludhiana January 27 Covid claimed the life of two persons during the past 24 hours while 38 fresh cases of the virus were reported from Ludhiana district. The Health Department confirmed that three persons including two from Ludhiana and one from Hoshiarpur district have died of virus. In Ludhiana a 46-year-old man from Shimlapuri and a 65-year-old woman from Kaunke village lost their lives. 11845 receive jab A total of 2191 healthcare workers were vaccinated at 20 sites in Ludhiana on Wednesday under the ongoing drive against Covid. Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said 11845 healthcare workers had got the jab in the district the highest in any district in the state. Out of the 38 fresh cases five patients came in contact of positive patients 12 visited OPDs and 16 with influenza-like illness visited Flu Corner. Besides five others including a healthcare worker have tested positive for virus. Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said there were 324 active patients in the district at present. He said till date a total of 592670 samples had been taken out of which the reports of 591089 samples had been received of which 561568 samples were found negative while the reports of 1581 samples were pending. He said now the total number of patients related to Ludhiana was 25628 while 3893 patients belong to other districts/states. The total number of persons who had lost their lives included 996 from Ludhiana and 474 from other districts. Till date 56124 persons had been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present the number of such persons was 689. Today 36 persons were sent for home quarantine. A total of 2094 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results were expected shortly. The Deputy Commissioner appealed to the residents to adhere to all safety protocols like wearing masks maintaining social distance and washing hands frequently for everyones safety.

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