Highest one-day spike in P’kula

24 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SIX ITBP PERSONNEL, TESTED POSITIVE

FOR COVID-19

PANCHKULA: In a highest singleday spike in Panchkula, 24 persons including six ITBP personnel tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the total tally in the district to 179.

Six of the 24 residents are men, including three 20-yearolds and three 30-year-olds who tested positive at an ITBP camp in Bhanu, Panchkula.

“This is the first positive case in ITBP, Bhanu. The patients are being taken care of by the ITBP,” said a senior health officer.

Seven women all in the age group of 18 to 38 years were tested from Ashiyana, Industrial Area, Sector 19. “It is a congested area and recently a 15-year-old tested positive here. All the women are contacts of previously infected patients,” the officer said.

Four cases tested positive in Barwala—24-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman, a 15-yearold girl and a 31-year-old man. Their source was also traced to a previous patient.

Rest of the cases are from other sectors. A 44-year-old woman tested positive in Sector 7, a 61-year-old man in Sector 9, a 48-year-old in Sector 20, a 38-year-old man from Nada Sahib, and a 27-year-old woman from Railly. A 24-year-old woman from Sector 24 and a 23-year-old from Sector 15 also tested positive.

Apart from these, three men, including a 64-year-old from Punjab, and a 78-year-old and a 30-year-old from Chandigarh also tested positive in Panchkula. Out of 179 cases, 121 have been cured and discharged. One has died and 57 are active cases. Apart from these, 758 persons have been quarantined at home.