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11th case surfaces in Dera Bassi’s Mubarakpur village in four days
Meanwhile, three more cases were reported in Mohali district, taking the number of confirmed cases to 180
A 45-year-old woman from Mubarakpur tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, taking the total number of cases from this Dera Bassi village to 11 in four days.
Meanwhile, three more cases were reported in Mohali district, taking the number of confirmed cases to 180. With eight people being cured and discharged on Monday, the number of recoveries rose to 125. As three people have succumbed so far, the number of active cases stands at 52.
The fresh cases include a 65-year-old woman from Gillco Valley in Kharar, 14-year-old boy from Nayagaon and 35-year-old man from Peer Muchalla in Zirakpur.
Civil surgeon said Dr Manjit Singh said their contact tracing is being conducted and all family members will be tested on Tuesday.
The Mubarakpur woman is a contact of the 43-year-old man who tested positive for Covid-19 on June 12, four days after returning from Delhi. Another man, three women and five children from among his family and neighbours have also tested positive so far.
Meanwhile, eight patients were discharged from Gian Sagar Hospital, Banur, on Monday.
They include a 28-year-old woman from Salempur; two men, aged 36 and 66, and two women, aged 34 and 61, from Sector 78, Mohali; a 61-year-old man from Sector 70; a 20-year-old man from Kurali; and a 32-year-old man from Dhakoli.
Surat couple, Delhi woman test positive in Panchkula
A couple from Surat and a Delhi woman tested positive in Panchkula district on Monday.
A man, aged 27, and his wife, aged 25, had come to Madawala in Pinjore for work, when they developed symptoms and were tested. Meanwhile, a 22-year-old woman from Delhi visiting the Housing Board Colony in Kalka was also found infected. The three have been admitted to the isolation ward of the general hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula.
“These cases will not be counted in Panchkula’s tally as they were travelling to the district,” said Jasjeet Kaur, chief medical officer.
