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Five more pilgrims back from Nanded test positive in Mohali
In the past three days, 20 of the 57 pilgrims back from Nanded in Maharashtra have tested positive for coronavirus
Five more persons who returned from Takht Hazur Sahib in Nanded tested positive for Covid-19 in Mohali on Friday besides a 20-year-old youth from Jawaharpur village in Dera Bassi, taking the total count to 92 in the district.
Among the pilgrims who were found to be infected are a 56-year-old woman and her 20-year-old son besides a 70-year-old woman, all residents of Khanpur in Kharar. A 30-year-old man from Badala and 40-year-old woman from Choti Nangal in Kharar have also tested positive.
In the past three days, 20 pilgrims out of a total of 57 back from Nanded have tested positive.
Meanwhile, the 20-year-old who tested positive in Jawaharpur is the son of the panch who was first to be infected in the village on March 4 and had triggered the outbreak there. The village alone accounts for 50% cases of the district. Of 46 confirmed cases, 17 have recovered so far.
Mohali civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said the six patients have been admitted to Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur. “All are asymptomatic and are responding well to treatment,” he said.
On Thursday, the district witnessed the biggest spike in the number of coronavirus cases in a single day with 13 people testing positive. Ten of them had returned from Nanded.
