With two more persons testing positive for Coronavirus the total number of patients has raised to 18 in the district; a 65-year-old woman and a 7-year-old boy are the two who have been tested positive.
The two patients detected on Sunday are family members of the woman who died of Coronavirus infection few days ago who was resident of Ramprasad Bhargava Marg.
After the reporting of two cases Kot Mohalla and Ramprasad Bhargava Marg has been declared as cantonment area.
The death toll remained at 5 in the district till Sunday while three family members of woman were discharged on Saturday who were undergoing treatment and their test report came negative on Saturday. The three were undergoing treatment at R D Gardi Medical College. The family of Bhargava Marg had already done Quarantine, those who came in contact would also be investigated. The health department got little respite as no case was reported within last three days but after receiving the Corona positive report of the mother and son of Bhargava Marg late night people are panicked.
CMHO Dr. Mahavir Khandelwal said that after the death of a woman resident of Bhargava Marg, her samples were taken and the dead woman was found to be corona positive.
After this, the samples were taken by quarantining her family. Her report has been received and the 65-year-old woman and her 7-year-old son, who are among the kin of the deceased, have also turned out to be Corona positive.
However, both had already been quarantined and are undergoing treatment.