19 new COVID cases in Mohali, tally up to 662

Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 24

The total count of coronavirus cases in Mohali went up to 662 with the addition of 19 new cases even as 22 patients have been cured of the infection and discharged from hospital on Friday.

Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said 19 persons infected with the virus include a 57-year-old man from Phase 10, 50-year-old woman of Mauli Baidwan, 65-year-old woman of village Sohana, 63-year-old man from Sunny Enclave (Kharar), three men aged 24, 39 and 38 from Dhakoli, two men aged 32 and 38 from Derabassi, 41-year-old woman from Saidpura, 56-year-old woman of Sector 78, 23-year-old woman from Mullanpur, 46-year-old woman of Sector 70, 35-year-old woman of Banur village, 35-year-old woman of Park View Street (Kharar), and two men aged 38 and 62, a 4-year-old boy and a 57-year-old woman, all from Mundi Kharar, . 

Those discharged from the hospital include four men aged 42, 58, 67 and 32, a 52-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl from Kharar.

Three women aged 23, 64 and 28, and two men aged 50 and 34 from Derabassi, two men aged 52 and 49 from Nayagaon, 63-old-man from Sector 65, 58-year-old woman of Shivalik City (Kharar), two men aged 34 and 37 from Sector 80, 29-year-old man of Phase 1, three boys aged 4, 1 and 3 of Phase 9, and 53-year-old man from Jawaharpur.

Dayalan also said that health teams have been deputed to take the samples of family members of positive patients and to trace their contacts. He said the patients infected with the virus had been admitted to the hospital.

As of now there are 228 active cases in Mohali. The district has also registered 13 deaths, while 421 patients have recovered from the infection.