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Coronavirus: Cases surge to 32 in village in Punjab’s Mohali

The 10 positive patients in Dera Bassi’s Jawaharpur village are all members of the extended family of the panch and sarpanch, who had tested positive earlier.

By Deeksha Sharma
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Jawahrpur village in Dera Bassi has recently confirmed 10 coronavirus positive cases on Friday which lead to a huge number of a spike by 32 cases, the village has now become the biggest COVID-19 cluster in Punjab.

A 78-year-old Mundi Kharar woman, who had died on April 7, was also confirmed positive for the virus, taking the Mohali district count to 48.

In Chandigarh, the cases — stable at 18 for the past eight days — rose to 19 on Friday with a Panjab University faculty member testing positive at the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16. He was later shifted to PGIMER.

Panchkula, with its count of five, did not register any new case. The number of positive patients in the Tricity is now 72 (Mohali with 48 cases and Chandigarh with 19).

The 10 positive patients in Dera Bassi’s Jawaharpur village are all members of the extended family of the panch and sarpanch, who had tested positive earlier.

After the number of cases in the village rose to 22 on Thursday, 64 more samples were taken. Of these 10 tested positive, 32 negative and 12 reports are pending.

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Girish Dayalan said all patients were relatives of the panch and sarpanch, thus there was no case of community transmission. “Extensive sampling has enabled us to identify more positive cases within the village and isolate them timely,” he added.

He said all patients were responding well to treatment, and five of the total 48 patients had recovered and been discharged. “Residents are advised to comply with the curfew and stay indoors,” the DC said.

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