One more fresh positive cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) was recorded in Chandigarh on Wednesday taking the total number of cases here to 16.
“A 49 years old male resident of Sector 35 was admitted in isolation ward of GMSH-16 on March 30. He had a typical pneumonia with bilateral pneumonitis. He has tested positive for COVID-19,” said an official spokesman.
The spokesman said that the patient has no travel history to any affected country but he has contacted history with two of his relatives at Mansa, Punjab who had come from Dubai and Singapore respectively.
The premises of the house has been sanitized by the Health Department. Apart from this, information about his contacts in Punjab has been shared with the respective State Government, the spokesman said.
Till Wednesday evening, a total of three close contacts of the patient have been traced in Chandigarh and put under home quarantine. This included wife, son and servant. Also, three more contacts of relatives have been traced in Punjab and information has been conveyed to Punjab Health Department, he added.
A day before, two positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in the city.
While 16 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the city till Wednesday evening, more than 1100 are put under home quarantine.
