18 dead 1350 positive in Ludhiana district

  • | Saturday | 1st May, 2021

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana April 29As many as 1350 persons tested positive for Covid while 18 lost their lives to the virus today. Positive cases in the district have reached 53794 while 1355 persons have lost their lives till now. Total 39 patients — 20 from Ludhiana and 19 from outside the district — were on ventilator support today. Now Ludhiana district has two containment zones and eight micro containment zones. In Ludhiana district 28888 Covid patients who were kept under home isolation have recovered from the infection and 5905 active patients are under home isolation.

Tribune News Service Ludhiana April 29 As many as 1350 persons tested positive for Covid while 18 lost their lives to the virus today. In 2020 also the highest single day death toll was 18 on August 31. Positive cases in the district have reached 53794 while 1355 persons have lost their lives till now. Presently there are 8012 active patients in the district. Total 39 patients — 20 from Ludhiana and 19 from outside the district — were on ventilator support today. Now Ludhiana district has two containment zones and eight micro containment zones. Two containment zones are Urban Estate Phase I and Phase II Dugri. In Phase I a total of 210 positive cases have been detected while in Phase II 228 cases have been detected so far. Micro containment zones include Gali Number 18 Durgapuri 2250 Haibowal Akalgarh village Church Road Vivekanand Old Age Home Model Town 73 A Rajguru Nagar Geeta Mata Mandir Tharkee 407 Basant Avenue and 32 Maya Nagar College Road. Twelve woman and six men belonging to Doraha Focal Point New Aman Nagar Jeewan Nagar Gagan Nagar Shashi Mohalla Kohara Chowk South City Model Town Indira Colony Chandigarh Road Shimlapuri Rishi Nagar Durga Colony Civil Lines Surjit Colony and Kabir Basti lost their lives today. In Ludhiana district 28888 Covid patients who were kept under home isolation have recovered from the infection and 5905 active patients are under home isolation. Civil Surgeon Ludhiana Dr Sukhjiwan Kakkar said mild symptomatic and asymptomatic patients need not be admitted to hospitals and choose the option for home isolation at the time of testing. He said so far 34882 patients were advised home isolation of which 83 per cent have recovered effectively and 89 patients were referred to institutional observation till date. Today 10563 persons were vaccinated in the district. Meanwhile Shreyans Industries Limited came forward to provide assistance to the overburdened health sector. As part of their corporate social responsibility the company contributed Rs 25 lakh to DMC Hospital Mohan Dai Oswal Charitable Hospital and Manas Foundation for treating the poor and needy patients.

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