DOCTOR TESTS +VE IN P’KUA; FIVE FRESH CASES IN MOHALI

PANCHKULA/MOHALI: A 34-year-old doctor working at a private hospital in Panchkula tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the total number of infections in the district to 113. The district has 22 active cases.

A resident of Sector 5, Mansa Devi Complex, he is second doctor to test positive at Alchemist Hospital, Sector 21, and is a contact of the previous case besides a patient who too was found infected.

Both doctors work in the non-Covid intensive care unit of the hospital, said a health official.

“We are taking all steps and precautions as directed to us by the civil surgeon and state authorities. We have isolated all primary contacts of the doctor so as to eliminate any chance of further spread,” said Alchemist operations head Dr Parmjit Singh.

Meanwhile, five more people tested positive in the neighbouring Mohali district, taking its total to 276. The number of active cases stands at 73.

The patients include a 39-year-old woman from Zirakpur, two women, aged 19 and 35, from Behda village in Dera Bassi and another 20-year-old woman, all contacts of previous cases. The fifth case is of a 61-year-old man from Khanpur who had recently returned from Bihar.

Also, a 40-year-old woman from Dera Bassi has recovered, taking the total of those cured to 198. HTC