3 health workers, 4 edu staffers +ve
21 FOUND INFECTED IN UT GMCH doc, PGI nurse among those who contract disease in Chandigarh, number of positive cases in education dept rises to 9
CHANDIGARH: The UT health department on Monday confirmed that three healthcare workers and four employees of the education department are among 21 fresh Covid-19 cases in Chandigarh, which took the total count to 487.
Three healthcare workers of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, one of whom is from Nayagaon in Mohali, and one nurse of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research have tested positive.
The 30-year-old woman staffer of the PGIMER resides on the institute’s campus and has performed duties at the Covid-19 hospital.
The GMCH health workers include a 48-year-old doctor, who resides in Sector 32, and a 40-year-old male staffer from Daria village. They are workplace contacts of a previous positive case.
While no employee has been quarantined at the PGIMER, seven contacts of GMCH health workers have tested negative so far while more contacts are being sampled, said officials.
The health department also confirmed that four workplace contacts of a previously diagnosed staffer of the UT education department in Sector 9 have been reported positive. These include two women, aged 34 and 44, from Dadumajra and Sector 40, respectively, besides two men, aged 25 and 37, from Sector 20 and Behlana, respectively.
RECOVERIES CROSS 400 MARK
The remaining cases have been reported from Sectors 15, 21, 30, 31, 32 and 38 besides Daria.
Meanwhile, in a positive development, the number of recovered patients crossed the 400 mark, with six more being discharged on Monday. They include three from Khuda Alisher and remaining from Sectors 22 and 41 and Ram Darbar. The number of recoveries stands at 401 and active cases at 80.
Four family contacts of a previously positive case of Sector 30 have contracted the infection. They include four females, aged 16, 22, 26, and 55.
A 61-year-old woman and a five-year-old boy are among two family contacts of a patient who have tested positive in Sector 21.
Three family contacts of a previous positive case of Daria have also been found infected. They include two girls, aged 11 and 15, and a 43-year-old man.
A 67-year-old woman from Sector 38 and a 39-year-old woman from Sector 15 have also tested positive. The former has nine family contacts, who are asymptomatic, while the other has two family contacts, who have tested negative, said health officials.
A 42-year-old man, who was working in Ambala and had recently travelled to Gurugram, has been found infected in Sector 32. He has four family members and a domestic help, who have been quarantined.
A 64-year-old man from Khuda Lahora, working in Punjab, and a nine-year-old boy from Sector 31, who is a contact of a previous case from the area, have also tested positive.