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Two new Covid-19 cases reported in Mohali, taking Punjab district’s count to 56
House help of Kharar family tests positive, while another woman from coronavirus-hit Jawaharpur village in Dera Bassi hospitalised after infection confirmed
Two new Covid-19 cases were reported in Mohali district on Tuesday, taking the count of positive patients to 56 in the district, highest in Punjab.
The 38-year-old house help of the 78-year-old Kharar woman, who died on April 7 and tested positive for coronavirus later, was also diagnosed with Covid-19. The second patient is a 56-year-old woman of Jawaharpur village in Dera Bassi, whose sample was sent again and found positive. With this, the village count has gone up to 38.
Mohali civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said, “We have isolated the Kharar family and teams have been sent to collect samples. Both the women have been admitted to Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur. All patients admitted in various hospitals of the district are responding well to treatment. The lane has been sealed and we have already began the screening of the residents.”
Asked about the primary source of infection both at Kharar and Jawaharpur, he said, “We are yet to ascertain that. The house help could even be the source in Kharar. As for Jawaharpur, we have asked intelligence agencies to trace the mobile location of the panch as he is hiding some information.”
Six hotspots in district
Jawaharpur is the worst hit in the district as it alone has 38 cases out of the total 56. The village located on the Chandigarh-Delhi highway, with a population of around 3,000, has been declared a hotspot by the state government along with five others areas in Mohali city — Phases 3A, 5 and 9 besides Sectors 69 and 91 — which have reported two cases each.
Mohali deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan said besides Jawaharpur village, the administration has sealed three nearby villages.
“In other hotspots, we have sealed the respective lanes, which have around 10 to 15 houses each. Every individual in these houses is being screened. Those found symptomatic are being tested for infection,” he said, putting emphasis on monitoring, screening and sampling. Reports of all 49 people screened in these five areas have come negative.
Mohali civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said Jawaharpur has been declared a containment zone as there are highest number of patients there.
“The screening exercise is almost complete. We have directed all residents not to step out of their houses and to wear masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection,” he said.
