TWO SENIOR CITIZENS AMONG NINE TEST POSITIVE IN MOHALI

MOHALI : Two senior citizens were among nine fresh Covid-19 cases confirmed in Mohali, where the total confirmed cases are now 340.

The senior citizens are two men, aged 62 and 68, from Sector 127 and Sector 97, respectively.

Two cases were confirmed in Phase 9, including a 32-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman. Phase 10 also reported a case of a 48-year-old woman. All three are contacts of positive patients.

A 42-year-old man was found positive in Sector 78 and a 30-year-old man in Sector 80. In the city’s periphery, a 32-year-old man from Zirakpur and a 19-year-old man from Dappar, Dera Bassi, were also confirmed infected.

Civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said all patients had been shifted to Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur. “We will be tracing their contacts and samples of their family members will be taken on Friday,”

he said.

Meanwhile, five patients were discharged from Gian Sagar Hospital, bringing down the active cases to 81.

As many as 253 patients have recovered, while six have died due to the virus in the past four months.

TWO NEW CASES IN PANCHKULA, TALLY NOW 133

Panchkula confirmed two fresh Covid-19 patients on Thursday, and now has a total of 133 cases.

The patients are a 26-yearold man from Sector 7, and a 77-year-old man from Sector 7. The latter’s four family members were recently tested positive.

Of the 133 confirmed cases, 108 have recovered from the infection and discharged, while one person has died. There are now 24 active cases.

Deputy commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja said a total of 880 persons were still under home quarantine, and foreign returnees were also quarantined at local hotels.