Punjab on Monday reported 21 fresh cases taking the total number of coronavirus positive cases in the State to 2,081.
Among the fresh cases, Amritsar reported the maximum of 10 cases, followed by six in Jalandhar, and one each in Tarn Taran, Kapurthala, SAS Nagar, Patiala, and Sangrur.
Of Amritsar’s 10 new cases, three were people with influenza-like illness (ILI), five were contacts of already diagnosed cases, one recently returned from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, and the last one recently returned from abroad.
The Tarn Taran case has a travel history of Maharashtra.
Of the Jalandhar cases, five are contacts of a positive case and one is a new case of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI). The Kapurthala case is a new case with a travel history of Maharashtra.
Sangrur, Patiala and SAS Nagar all reported new cases.
A 29-year-old woman tested positive in Nayagaon in SAS Nagar — the district's first case in two weeks. She recently had a baby at Government Multi-Speciality Hospital in Sector 16, Chandigarh. Her samples, taken at the time of her delivery, came back positive on Monday. This takes the district's cases to 106, with just one active case.
In Patiala, a 20-year-old pregnant tested positive for COVID-19. A Rajpura resident, she has already been shifted to the isolation ward of the Government Rajindra Hospital.
Meantime, the Patiala Health Department informed that the woman had returned from New Delhi on May 19. During her regular check-up for pregnancy, she was screened for COVID-19.
As per the state Health Department, samples of 66,142 suspected cases have been sent for testing so far. Of them, as many as 60,114 samples were found negative while reports of 3,968 were still awaited.
In the state, a total of 1,913 patients have been discharged so far after the treatment. Now, only 128 active cases are left.
NAWANSHAHR, FARIDKOT BECOME CORONA-FREE
With the recovery of 10 patients in Faridkot and two in SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr) on Monday, the two districts have become corona free with no more active COVID-19 cases in these districts.
Nawanshahr district was earlier also declared COVID-19 free on April 22, but a new case was reported three days later.
The 10 recovered patients in Faridkot, include seven Nanded returnees, who were discharged from Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital (GGSMCH) on Monday. The district had in all reported 62 positive cases, including 51 Nanded pilgrims. It took 51 days for the district to become COVID-19 free after the first positive case was reported on April 4.