Even a week after Punjab’s coronavirus positive patient’s death, the State on Tuesday reported six more positive cases taking the total tally to 29. All the fresh cases, reported on Tuesday, were the ones who come in contact with 70-year-old Baldev Singh, who died of cardiac arrest on March 18 and later found to be corona positive.
Only a day before, Baldev Singh’s two-year-old grandson was tested positive for coronavirus. Nawanshahr-resident, Baldev Singh had returned from Germany via Italy on March 7. He had died on March 18 before the arrival of his report in which he was tested positive for the disease. During this time, he had stayed at Sri Anadpur Sahib for three days to attend Holla Mohalla, met his relatives and friends.
With the detection of six new cases, now total of 20 people have acquired the deadly virus from Baldev Singh, which includes his 11 family members.
As per the data released by the state health department, three fresh cases have been reported from Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar), and other three from Virk village in Phillaur sub division of Jalandhar.
“The three patients declared corona positive in Jalandhar are from Virk village in Phillaur. They are Baldev Singh’s close relatives who met him,” said the official.
“The three more from Banga has been tested positive, of which two are Baldev Singh’s relatives. The third person is from adjoining Chikka village to which the Dera chief belongs. Dera chief Daljinder too had tested positive two days back.
Meanwhile, the Jalandhar district administration also started major identification drive in Virk village after three cases were detected positive.
Under the supervision of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Vineet Kumar and Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Attri, as many 20 medical teams started the campaign to diagnose them by conducting house-to-house survey for identification of patients, if any, of the fatal virus. The Police was also identifying the people with whom these three people had met in last couple of days.
The Deputy Commissioner said that massive sanitation drive would also be embarked by spraying the disinfectant in the village, and the entire village would be sanitized to further check the spread of the virus in the village.
SDM said that the teams would be thoroughly sanitizing each and every house in the village for ensuring that no one falls prey to the virus in the coming days. “The village has been completed sealed and the supply of milk, vegetables and grocery would be made by the administration through the people authorized for this purpose,” he said.