Khanna doctor couple, 34 more test positive in Punjab

LUDHIANA/HOSHIARPUR/AMRITSAR/ Patiala: thirty-six people, including a Khanna-based doctor couple and four undertrials, were tested positive for the coronavirus in Punjab on Monday, taking the tally of those infected by the disease in the state to 2,382.

Besides the doctor couple (one a cardiologist and the other an oncologist) and the four undertrials lodged in the Borstal Jail, a 31-year-old pregnant woman, a four-month- old baby, and a 20year-old youth were tested positive in Ludhiana district.

In Hoshiarpur district, Nangli Jalapur village recorded eight fresh cases and was declared a containment zone. Nine adjoining villages have come under the prohibited zone.

AMRITSAR FIRST DIST TO CROSS 400-MARK

With nine fresh Covid-19 cases reported on Monday, Amritsar became the first district in the state to cross the 400-mark. Two fresh community spread cases were reported in the city.

In Gurdaspur distroct, a resident of Kothe Majhithi village tested positive.

ASHA WORKER, 2 NRIS INFECTED IN PATIALA

Four persons, including an accredited social health activist (ASHA) worker (36) and two Nonresident Indians (NRIS), tested positive for the coronavirus in Patiala on Monday. The two NRIS, aged 24 and 26, who returned from Kuwait, were quarantined. A 40-year-old woman of Shimbro was also infected. In Bathinda, two more were tested positive, taking the number of active cases in the district to seven.

Also, one case each surfaced in Jalandhar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts.