Two nurses among 36 new Covid-19 patients in Punjab

AMRITSAR/PATHANKOT/JALANDHAR : Two nurses from Jalandhar, an ASHA worker from Sangrur and a 20-year-old pregnant woman from Patiala were among 36 Covid-19 cases recorded in Punjab on Monday. Maximum 16 cases were from Jalandhar, eight from Amritsar and five from Pathankot. With this, the state’s tally has gone up to 2,190 cases.

Two nurses, two children aged eight and 10, were among 16 people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Jalandhar on Monday. Five of the patients, including the children, were contacts of a 36-year-old positive patient of Dada Colony in the city. The sixth patient is a 56-year-old man from Guru Amardas Colony, health officials said.

Health officials in Amritsar said four family members of Rani Ka Bagh man, who tested positive for the virus on Sunday, were found infected. “A man, his wife and son of Palm Gardens colony of Majitha Road also tested positive. A resident of Vijay Nagar on Batala Road was also found infected from the disease,” said Amritsar civil surgeon Dr Jugal Kishore.

Five people were reported positive in Pathankot and they all are the contacts of different Covid-19 patients.

Two fresh cases were reported from Ludhiana district.

A 43-year-old ASHA worker who was posted at a Malerkotla hospital tested positive in Sangrur district. A 32-year-old man from Kacha Pakka village of Bhikhiwind sub-division in Tarn Taran district was also found infected with coronavirus on Monday. The man, who is in merchant navy, had returned to Tarn Taran on May 17. In Kapurthala, a 35-year-old man of Jaid village in Begowal, who had returned from Maharashtra recently, was found positive. A 20-year-old pregnant woman from Rajpura tested positive for coronavirus in Patiala district on Monday.

In Faridkot, a 22-year-old man, who had returned from Gurugram in Haryana, tested positive for Covid-19.