Two more test +ve in Punjab, total 246 now

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Two more test +ve in Punjab, total 246 now

Tuesday, 21 April 2020 | PNS | Chandigarh

Two more persons were tested positive for coronavirus in Punjab on Monday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 246. The fresh cases were reported from Jalandhar and Mohali —both the contacts of corona positive patients.

As per the media bulletin released by the state Health Department, one positive case from Jalandhar has been added in the state’s tally. However, in late evening development, Mohali has also reported a new case which is yet to be added in the state’s tally.

So far, the State has witnessed 16 deaths, while 38 patients have been recovered and discharged from the hospital, as per the media bulletin.Out of the 246 Covid-19 cases across the State, Mohali district reported the highest number with 62, followed by Jalandhar, which reported 48 cases so far.

Twenty-six cases were in Patiala, 24 in Pathankot, 19 in Nawanshahr, 16 in Ludhiana, 11 each in Mansa and Amritsar, seven in Hoshiarpur, four in Moga, three each in Rupnagar, Sangrur and Faridkot, two each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Kapurthala, and Barnala, and one each in Muktsar, Gurdsapur and Ferozepur, as per the medical bulletin, which added that one patient is critical and is on ventilator support. Among the new cases, a close contact of 35 years old Jalandhar’s Covid positive, who was working in the leading vernacular daily, was tested positive.

Another case was reported from Mohali’s Nayagaon, where a 25 years old boy, living in the same building where PGIMER’s sanitation worker resides, was tested positive. “Yes, one more positive case from Nayagaon has been reported. He is 25 year old living in the same building as that of the previous positive case. As of now, the total PCR samples are 943, of which 865 are negative while 62 are positive, and results for 16 are awaited,” said Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan.

He said that till date, eight corona patients have been recovered in the district, while two deaths have been reported, leaving 52 active cases. Dayalan said that Mohali District Administration’s drive to identify people suffering from corona virus, through comprehensive contact tracing and sampling, and then undertaking measures for providing top notch treatment, has started bearing results.

A total of 6,797 samples have been taken so far in the State, of which 6,273 samples tested negative and reports of 279 samples are still awaited.  There are 191 active cases in the state, as per the medical bulletin.

 

PUNJAB ON PATH OF RECOVERY

Punjab, it seems, is also moving on path of recovery with as many as 38 corona positive patients recovering from the deadly virus till date.

On Monday, two patients from Mohali, and one each from Kapurthala, Barnala, and Amritsar won their battle against corona virus, and were discharged after being tested negative twice. “Two patients have been discharged from the hospital after being tested negative twice for the corona virus disease. One is a 65 years old man named Gulzar Mohammed and another one is 55 years old woman named Manjit Kaur. They were undergoing treatment at Gian Sagar Hospital. Among them, Gulzar Mohammed belongs to Sector - 68 while Manjit Kaur belongs to Sector - 91. They were undergoing treatment since two weeks,” said Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan adding that now the total number of cured patients in the district has gone up to eight.

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