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Tribune News ServiceLudhiana March 14In yet another high this month 197 persons tested positive while no death was reported in the district today. Today the positive cases from the district reached 28833 while 1050 people have lost their lives since March 2020. The active cases in the district today went to 1077. Today 17 patients were on ventilator support out of whom 13 belonged to Ludhiana district and four to other districts. Meanwhile Rakesh Agrawal Commissioner of Police Ludhiana got the second dose of the Covid vaccine today.

Amaong the victims, nine died in Jalandhar, six in Ludhiana, four each in SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr), Amritsar and SAS Nagar (Mohali), three in Hoshiarpur, two each in Gurdaspur and Muktsar and one in Ferozepur.

Bench Press and Bicep Curl CompetitionSports CorrespondentLudhiana March 15Around 50 participants competed in the Bench Press and Bicep Curl Competition organised by the Ekjot Health Club Jamalpur on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh Road here on Sunday. In the bench press event Anu and Harpreet secured the first and second positions respectively in the junior section whereas in the senior section Lakhan won the top position and Satyam finished second. Similarly in the bicep curl competition Sartaj and Ashu won first two positions in the junior category while Pargat and Naseem secured first and second position respectively in the senior group. Jaspal Singh and Jasdeep Singh distributed the prizes among position holders.

Ludhiana March 15All doctors of the Ludhiana Civil Hospital today condemned the firearm injury of an on-duty medical officer at the Amritsar Civil Hospital and went on a two-hour strike. The strike was held from 10 am to 12 noon on call given by PCMS Association Punjab. The doctors have demanded strict action in the incident. Dr Rohit Rampal president PCMS Association Civil Hospital Ludhiana and Dr Davinder secretary of the association said doctors had been working day in and day out during the pandemic and it was very unfortunate that they were given this kind of treatment. Similar strikes have been called for in all government health institutions in the state.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana March 16Fifty-six students were among Ludhiana's 286 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours district officials said on Tuesday. Ludhiana a district that was among Punjab's hardest hit in the first wave of COVID-19 has been showing a worrying uptick in cases since the last fortnight. Forty-nine of the 56 students who tested positive were form Government Senior Secondary School at Bhundri village. Five of the new cases were teachers and three healthcare workers health officials said. Ludhiana's death toll now stands at 1593 including 533 from other places.

Ludhiana March 15The Ladhowal police today arrested one person on the charges of stealing a motorcycle. In another case Meena a resident of near Nirmal Akal Bunga Sahib gurudwara today registered a complaint that her mobile phone was snatched by motorcycle-borne duo. “Two people on a bike came from behind and snatched my phone and fled towards the Transport Nagar side” she said in her complaint. The two bike-borne accused have been identified as Ajay Kumar resident of Vadda Gurudwara Dhandari Kalan and Bablu a resident of Prince Nagar Dhandari. In another snatching incident Asha Rani a resident of Phase II GK Estate in Mundian Kalan fell victim to two motorcycle-borne persons who snatched her gold chain.

In just over a year since after the first case, 6,396 Punjab Police personnel — 7.8 per cent of the 82,000-strong force — have tested positive, of which 6,139 recovered and 56 lost their lives. Currently, there are 201 active cases in the Punjab Police.

All the employees of all government/private banks, government/private schools, staff of food grain agencies, judicial officers/court staff/advocates, journalists, members of NGOs will be eligible for vaccination in Ludhiana.

Ludhiana (Pb), Mar 16 () The Ludhiana district administration in Punjab has allowed COVID-19 vaccination of bankers, judicial officers, employees of schools

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