ludhiana even as the covid19 cases are witnessing a fall in ludhiana the cases per lakh population have increased and reached nearly 700 the health department authorities say the figure is high for ludhiana as the district has around 25 of the states population as per the sundays state media bulletin on covid19 cases per lakh population of ludhiana are 6968 this is the highest value since august 13 when the health department started including the data in its daily bulletinthe data of last month shows that cases per lakh had crossed 600mark and were 6022 on november 11 and reached 6557 on december 1 before gradually increasing to the present valuethe data since august 13 indicates that the number of cases per lakh population on the date was 2468 which increased to 437 by august 31 it reached the value of 4698 cases per lakh population on september 5 and fell to 3391 the next daythe cases per lakh started rising gradually and were 4052 on september 15 they increased further to 5133 on september 30 they crossed the 500mark on october 13 too and rose furtherwith the recent value of 6968 cases per lakh population the district is at fifth spot in the state sas nagar is at number one with 10572 jalandhar and pathankot at number two and three spots with 889 and 8184 cases per lakh population tarn tarn with 1866 cases per lakh population is at the bottom of the listcivil surgeon dr rajesh bagga says as the population of ludhiana is large it has more cases per lakh population besides because of large population here there is overcrowding which spreads the infection residents must follow all the rules to contain the spread of the virusanother officer of the health department says more cases is also due to increased testing here as compared with other districtsresidents says the authorities should enforce the pandemic guidelines strictlymasks and social distancing are not being taken seriously especially in the district markets the authorities should get strict to check the covid19 surge says ajit singh a city residentstate valuewhile the number of cases per lakh population of ludhiana was 6968 on sunday the value was 58768 for the state