3 health workers, 4 edu staffers +ve After 15 more cases, Mohali DC orders strict border checks
GMCH doc, PGI nurse among those who contract disease in Chandigarh, number of positive cases in education dept rises to 9 4 NEW CASES IN PANCHKULA
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
MOHALI: Fifteen cases of Covid-19 were reported in Mohali on Monday, taking the district’s total count to 318.
While 13 of the 14 cases reported on Sunday were from Dera Bassi subdivision, the fresh ones are from Mohali and Kharar subdivisions.
Meanwhile, acting on directions of the state government for mandatory e-registration for travellers to Punjab, the deputy commissioner said on Monday that no unauthorised entry would be allowed into the district and strict vigil would be maintained at all five border check posts at Siswan, Jharmari, Zirakpur, Bohra Khera Morh and Nagal Morh. However, no e-registration is required for tricity residents.
Among the fresh cases in Mohali subdivision, two women, aged 26 and 52, and a 27-year-old man, all of whom have travel history to Kanpur, have been found infected in Sector 66, besides three men, aged 20, 33 and 45, and a woman, aged 70, in Majat, who are contacts of previous cases.
A 29-year-old woman, who works in the Chandigarh education department and lives in Sector 80, and a 70-year-old man from Phase 11, who is suffering from influenza like illness, have also tested positive.
In Kharar, a 32-year-old man, who is a contact of a patient, a 46-year-old man from Sunny Enclave and a 37-year-old man from Sector 127 have tested positive. A 65-year-old man from New Chandigarh, Mullanpur, and a 23-year-old woman from
PANCHKULA: Four new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Panchkula on Monday, taking the district’s total tally to 124. Nineteen of these cases are active. Those found infected include a 47-year-old man from Sector 7 and a 33-yearold woman from Sector 18. A 53-year-old man from Sector 16, who used to travel to Baddi daily for work, and a 16-yearold girl from Indira Colony near Sector 16, who is a family contact of a previous patient, have also tested positive.
Ballomajra have also been found infected.
Civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said all patients have been admitted to Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur and samples of their family members are being taken. There are 85 active cases in the district, as 229 people have recovered while five have died.
BEHDA VILLAGE NOW CONTAINMENT ZONE
After 35 Covid-19 cases were reported from Behda village near Dera Bassi, it has been declared a containment zone.
“A total of 22 workers of a meat factory near Behda have tested positive so far. The factory has already been declared a containment zone. Most of its workers live in this village, 11 of whom had tested positive on Sunday,” said Dr Singh, adding that 141 samples of family and community contacts were collected on Monday.