Punjab on Tuesday reported seven new cases of novel coronavirus — three from Jalandhar, two from Mohali, one from Sangrur with Gurdaspur recording its first case — taking the state’s tally to 187, while two more patients have recovered from the deadly virus. However, the state reported one more death, while a person was tested positive following his death. Two more coronavirus positive cases were reported from Mohali district. With this, district total count has increased to 56.
The two tested positive include 56-year-old woman from Jawaharpur village of Dera Bassi and 36-year-old woman from Mundi Kharar. Both have been admitted to the isolation ward of the Gian Sagar Hospital at Banur.
The sample of the 56-year-old woman tested positive, whose family members have already tested positive, was sent for resampling and had tested positive. With the surfacing of another case, the total number of coronavirus positive cases in Jawaharpur village now stands at 38. Interestingly, none of the 38 patients has travel history, and most of them were asymptomatic and detected only though testing. Even as the administration is still unsure from where their carried the infection, it is believed that some Tablighi Jamaat members had stayed in the village.
Mundi Kharar resident, tested positive, is the maid of the 78-year-old co-morbid woman, who had died on April 7 at Civil Hospital in Kharar, and had tested positive of the coronavirus posthumously. Later, the husband of the deceased woman had been tested positive.
Confirming the same, Mohali Civil Surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said that the teams have been deputed for the village to take samples of their family members and other contacts.
Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said that so far, the district has 56 casesm of which 38 are from Jawaharpur. “We have collected 832 samples, and the district has witnessed two deaths, while five have been cured, leaving 49 active cases,” he added.
Dayalan said that the District Administration was undertaking extensive contact tracing and sampling which is leading to the identification of more cases which would lead to their isolation in time and help in combating the corona virus.
In Jalandhar, three positive cases were reported including 25 years old from Bhatti Market, Lal Bagh, who was the contact of two previous positive cases. The other two cases reported from the district include those suffering from severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) — 40 years old working in prominent newspaper from Raja Garden, and a 70 years old male from Danishmanda, Guru Ravidass Mohalla. Both have no connection with any positive case.
Gurdaspur on Tuesday reported its first positive case that of a 60-year old man. Earlier, his brother had died in Jalandhar, with some symptoms although his posthumous sample has not yet been received.
A 25 year old tablighi jamaat member was tested positive in Sangrur’s Malerkotla. “We are following the standard operation procedure,” aid the Government official.