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NRI from Oman, new mother found Covid positive in Mohali
Second NRI to test positive in the district in the past two days; woman had delivered a child at the Army Hospital in Ambala on May 27
A 33-year-old Non-Resident Indian (NRI) from Oman and a 29-year-old woman from Dappar village tested positive for Covid-19 in Mohali on Friday, taking the district count to 112.
The woman had delivered a child at the Army Hospital in Ambala on May 27, following which she was tested and found infected with coronavirus.
Mohali civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said they had traced all her contacts and sealed the area in Dappar village where she lived. “She remains admitted at the Army Hospital only,” he said
The NRI, a resident of Dashmesh Nagar in Zirakpur, had landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on May 22 and reached Mohali by road after which the district administration officials quarantined him at a hotel
The civil surgeon said the patient had been shifted to Gian Sagar Hospital on Banur, adding that all patients admitted there were responding well to the treatment.
The 33-year-old is the second NRI to test positive in the district in the past two days.
On May 28, a 32-year-old NRI from the US was also found infected. A resident of Humayun Nagar in Dera Bassi, he had also flown in to Delhi and reached Mohali by road. He had been under quarantine at the government meritorious school in Mohali since May 20.
Of the 112 cases in Mohali, 102 people have been discharged so far, a recovery rate of 91%. Three people have succumbed to the virus, a fatality rate of 2.6%. The district now has seven active cases.
