Nine members of a family from Panchkula near Chandigarh have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said. A 44-year-old woman, her husband and seven other members of their family, who reside in two houses in Sector 15, have tested positive.
The woman developed some symptoms on April 6, he said, adding later she went to a private hospital in Panchkula where he doctor took an X-ray and found a spot on her lung and administered some antibiotics.However, the woman reported to Panchkula civil hospital on April 12 after which her samples were collected which came positive. Subsequently, the samples of other members of her family were also taken and eight more were found positive, he said.