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4 Nanded returnees among 8 more test positive in Punjab
The four Nanded returnees, including three women, were found to have contracted the virus in Faridkot district
Eight more persons, including four who returned from Takht Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra’s Nanded, tested positive for Covid-19 in Punjab on Friday, taking the state’s tally to 2,005.
The four Nanded returnees, including three women, were found to have contracted the virus in Faridkot district which now has 52 cases so far.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajinder Kumar said the patients were admitted to the isolation ward of the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot. Earlier, they were at a quarantine facility.
Two of the patients are residents of Sandhwan village, while the others belong to Chand Bhan village. They were among 26 Huzur Sahib returnees whose fresh swab samples were sent to the laboratory after results of their previous samples came inconclusive.
Now, there are 45 active Covid-19 cases in the district.
Taxi driver found infected in Rupnagar
In Rupnagar, a 50-year-old taxi driver of Mangewal village near Anandpur Sahib tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.
He had gone to Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh to drop four persons there recently. After the four were tested positive for Covid-19, the driver was admitted to the isolation ward of the Anandpur Sahib civil hospital and his sample was taken for test.
The number of active Covid-19 cases in Rupnagar district has risen to 57.
5-year-old contracts infection in Patiala
In Patiala, a five-year-old boy from Fatehgarh Sahib’s Malakpur village tested positive for the coronavirus.
Civil surgeon Dr NK Aggarwal said the boy contracted infection from his father, who was tested positive three days ago.
“His father is a combine operator and had toured other states. The father and son are presently admitted to the isolation ward of the Gian Sagar hospital in Banur,” the civil surgeon said.
Their contact tracing is on, he added.
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Reports of 2 found dead found positive
In Ludhiana, the reports of two persons found dead were confirmed as positive days after their bodies were found.
One of them, Karan Kumar (15) of Janak Puri, was murdered while the other’s body was found near the rail tracks near the Gill area on May 12. Sixteen police officials were asked to go into self-isolation. Additional deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Sachin Gupta said these cops include DCP (crime) Simratpal Singh Dhindsa, ADCP (crime) Harish Dyama, ADCP (III) Gurpreet Kaur Purewal, ACP (Civil Lines) Jatinder Kumar Chopra, ACP (crime- 1) Mandeep Sandhu and Division No 5 station house officer (SHO) Richa Rani.
Seven of Karan’s family members were rushed to hospital and contact tracing was initiated.
These police officials had carried out preliminary investigation at the crime scene, it is learnt.