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Ludhiana: Even as the state media bulletin suggests that the recovery rate in Ludhiana district is just 65%, the local health department claims that it is more than 72%. Interestingly, there is a difference between the two bulletins in the number of total cases as well.
On Sunday evening, the deputy commissioner while quoting the local health department statistics had said that out of a total 8,679 patients, 72.5% (62,92 Covid patients) had fully recovered while many others were undergoing treatment in government and private hospitals. However, the state media bulletin released by the Punjab government on Sunday evening pointed out that the recovery rate in the Ludhiana District was 65% and the number of recovered cases was 5,944 of the total 9,170 cases.
There was difference in the figures related to the number of active cases as per the district administration and the state media bulletin, with the former putting the number at 2,072 whereas the latter suggested the number at 2,913.
The difference was in the number of daily cases as well with local health department officials suggesting that of the pending reports 171 patients were tested positive for the disease whereas the state media bulletin on Covid-19 suggested that the number of positive cases reported on that day in Ludhiana district was 242. Even before also such difference was found in the number of cases reported on a particular day in Ludhiana district in the local and state media bulletins.
Besides, the local health authorities claim that their figures are correct. Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said that sometimes they (state health officials) update the figure late, which is why there may be a difference. He added that their data was correct.
Even as senior officials of the state health department couldn’t be contacted, a junior-level officer while asking not to be named said that their numbers were correct as they were showing more number of total cases as compared to the local health department officials. He added that maybe the local health department officials had not updated the figures, which was why they were showing less number of total cases for Ludhiana district.
On Sunday evening, the deputy commissioner while quoting the local health department statistics had said that out of a total 8,679 patients, 72.5% (62,92 Covid patients) had fully recovered while many others were undergoing treatment in government and private hospitals. However, the state media bulletin released by the Punjab government on Sunday evening pointed out that the recovery rate in the Ludhiana District was 65% and the number of recovered cases was 5,944 of the total 9,170 cases.
There was difference in the figures related to the number of active cases as per the district administration and the state media bulletin, with the former putting the number at 2,072 whereas the latter suggested the number at 2,913.
The difference was in the number of daily cases as well with local health department officials suggesting that of the pending reports 171 patients were tested positive for the disease whereas the state media bulletin on Covid-19 suggested that the number of positive cases reported on that day in Ludhiana district was 242. Even before also such difference was found in the number of cases reported on a particular day in Ludhiana district in the local and state media bulletins.
Besides, the local health authorities claim that their figures are correct. Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said that sometimes they (state health officials) update the figure late, which is why there may be a difference. He added that their data was correct.
Even as senior officials of the state health department couldn’t be contacted, a junior-level officer while asking not to be named said that their numbers were correct as they were showing more number of total cases as compared to the local health department officials. He added that maybe the local health department officials had not updated the figures, which was why they were showing less number of total cases for Ludhiana district.
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