Now, Panchkula has no active case

PANCHKULA: With a 44-year-old Covid-19 patient being discharged from the civil hospital in Sector 6 on Tuesday, the number of active cases in the district dropped to zero.

Also, no new case has been reported in the past 11 days. The last two cases were recorded on May 15, which had taken the total count to 25.

The first case in Panchkula was reported on March 21, after a 38-year-old salon worker from Kharak Mangoli village had come in contact with Chandigarh’s first coronavirus patient. She was discharged on April 11.

District Covid-19 nodal officer Dr Rajiv Narwal said the 44-year-old man milk vendor and confectioner from Rajiv Colony near Sector 17 was discharged on Tuesday after he tested negative for the virus. “When his sample was taken last week, he had tested positive. Now, he has been advised home quarantine,” he said.