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Two more test positive for Covid-19 in Punjab, taking state count to 33
Jalandhar locality sealed after elderly woman tests positive, undergoing treatment at Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana
JALANDHAR/LUDHIANA: A 72-year-old woman from Nijatam Nagar in Jalandhar town is among two people who tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Punjab on Thursday afternoon.
According to the Union health ministry website, with the two new cases, the total count of Covid-19 patients has reached 33 in the state.
Jalandhar nodal officer Dr TPS Sandhu confirmed that the elderly woman had tested positive. She is undergoing treatment at Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), Ludhiana.
The hospital authorities confirmed that the woman from Jalandhar was admitted in the Covid-19 isolation ward on March 21 following complaints of cough, fever and breathlessness since March 16. She was diagnosed with pneumonia and isolated.
She has no travel history. At present, she is on medication and non-invasive ventilation.
They said she is a case of community transmission of the virus.
The lane to her house near Nakodar Chowk in Jalandhar has been cordoned off as a precautionary measure to check the spread of the infection.
The details of the second positive case are awaited.
So far, four people from Jalandhar district have tested positive for Covid-19. They include three members of a family from Phillaur.
Of the 33 Covid-19 cases reported in Punjab, a maximum of 18 are from SBS Nagar, five from Mohali, four from Jalandhar, three from Hoshiarpur, and one each from Ludhiana and Amritsar.
