3 more test coronavirus positive in Jhajjar; 4 in Faridabad

Ravinder Saini

Tribune News Service

Jhajjar, May 7

Three more people—a six-year-old girl, a 55-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man–tested positive in Jhajjar district on Thursday, taking the total count to 73.

All these belong to Bahadurgarh town here and are close contacts of the two Covid patients who are undergoing treatment at different hospitals.

Randeep Singh Poonia, Civil Surgeon, said all three were put under quarantine at their homes. Two of them were in contact with a Covid positive Bahadurgarh man who works as a pharmacist at a hospital in Delhi while the third is the family member of a vegetable seller working in Bahadurgarh.

“The first report of one of the fresh cases was found negative when his sample was taken on the suspicion within a couple of days of his quarantine period. Despite all, we decided to keep him under home quarantine till the end of 14-day period. His sample was again taken two days back and his report has now been found positive,” said the civil surgeon.

Poonia maintained that all three had been admitted to the PGIMS in Rohtak for treatment. As many as 55 of the 73 cases were linked to the vegetable market in Bahadurgarh town hence all those were being identified who bought vegetables/fruits from these Covid positive persons so that they could also be quarantined.

4 test positive in Faridabad

Faridabad Four more people were found coronavirus positive in Faridabad on Thursday.

This takes the total count to 82.

The new cases are from Old Faridabad and Jawahar Colony here, where two people had tested positive a few days ago.

As many as 45 patients have been discharged so far.