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Eleven people test positive for Covid-19 in Punjab’s Mohali district
Eight people tested positive in Mubarakpur in Dera Bassi are primary contacts of a 43-year-old man who had returned from Delhi
Five children and three women tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Mubarakpur village of Dera Bassi while three men were found infected in Baltana, Zirakpur, taking the Mohali district’s count to 160 on Saturday.
Of these, 40 cases remain active, as 117 people have been cured while three have succumbed to the disease so far.
The eight patients from Mubarakpur are neighbours and family members of a 43-year-old man who had tested positive upon returning from Delhi, said civil surgeon Manjit Singh, adding that the area had been sealed and the patients shifted to Gian Sagar Hospital, Banur.
The patients include three women, aged 25, 32 and 47, four girls, aged 4, 8, 12 and 14, and a seven-year-old boy.
“All of them live along a very narrow street in the village and were using the common toilet,” said Kuldeep Bawa, subdivisional magistrate, Dera Bassi.
“The health department had taken samples of 46 suspects from the village. Other than the eight persons’ reports, others were negative. Another 20 samples have been taken on Saturday,” said the civil surgeon. “The affected area of the village has been completely cordoned off and people living in the vicinity have also been directed to stay indoors. Teams from health and police departments have been deployed in the village.”
The three positive cases in Baltana include two men, aged 43 and 54, who are contacts of a patient from Dera Bassi, and a 23-year-old man, who is a contact of a positive patient from Chandigarh.
Meanwhile, a Delhi resident, who was being treated for renal problems at a private hospital in Mohali, has also tested positive. His case will be added to the national capital’s tally.
Also, a 68-year-old woman, who had tested positive in Zirakpur on Friday, has been shifted to Gian Sagar Hospital, Banur, from a private hospital. The woman had recently returned from Saharanpur in UP after visiting her daughter. She was admitted to a private hospital in Mohali after she complained of breathlessness and later tested positive.
The civil surgeon urged people to visit hospitals in case of any serious problem only. Otherwise, they should contact the health department’s helpline 104 for expert advice, he said.
