DW BUREAU / LUDHIANA Till a few days ago known as the hot spot of Covid-19 Ludhiana, is now limping back to normalcy. It's recovery rate is now 91.88 per cent. Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma today said that under the "Mission Fateh" of the Punjab government, the number of COVID-19 patients getting cured in district Ludhiana is increasing with each passing day. He said that there are 4740 active patients in the district at present. He said that sincere efforts are being made to keep people safe from Covid-19. He said that a total of 355 patients (298 new patients from district Ludhiana and 57 from other states/districts) have tested positive in the last 24 hours. He further said that till date, a total of 1357786 samples have been taken, out of which a report of 1357415 samples have been received, of which 1262569 samples were found negative while reports of 371 samples were pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 83892, while 10954 patients belong to other districts/states. He said that unfortunately, 19 patients lost their lives today (12 from district Ludhiana, 2 from Sangrur while one each from districts Amritsar, Kapurthala, Moga, Malerkotla and Patiala). Now, the total number of persons who lost their lives including 1991 people from Ludhiana and 984 from other districts. He said that whenever the district administration and Health Department finds any positive or suspected COVID 19 person, the samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 14275 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly. Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma appealed to the residents to adhere all the safety protocols like wearing masks, maintaining social distance and washing hands frequently of the Punjab government to not only save themselves but keeping everyone around safe. (editor@dailyworld.in)