Day after Mohali man’s death to Covid-19, three more test positive in Punjab district

Coronavirus count rises to 10 in the district; all three fresh cases are primary contacts of those hospitalised

MOHALI: A day after a 65-year-old Mohali man died of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), three more people have tested positive, taking the count to 10 in the district.

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A 60-year-old woman and her nine-year-old granddaughter, who are residents of Phase 9, have tested positive. The woman is the mother of an NRI who returned from Canada recently and tested positive along with his wife on March 30.

A 45-year-old man of Jagatpura in Mohali also tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. He was in direct contact with a 22-year-old resident of Sector 30, Chandigarh, who had returned from Dubai on March 11 and had tested positive for coronavirus on March 27.

Mohali civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said, “All three positive cases are in contact with the Chandigarh patients. We have admitted them to Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur. They are stable. We are taking samples from their areas.”

Meanwhile, the test reports of seven family members of the 65-year-old Mohali man, who died due to Covid-19 on March 31, are negative.