20 fresh COVID-19 cases surface in Mohali

Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 17

Twenty fresh cases of COVID-19 positive cases surfaced on Friday, taking the total count in the district to 492.

Meanwhile, 16 patients were also cured and discharged from the hospital today.

The health authorities have also sealed the Kharar Civil Hospital after a 52-year old woman staffer tested positive today. The authorities also sealed a private bank where a 25-year-old woman working as a cashier and a public sector bank in Zirakpur after a 43-year-old manager tested positive.

The other positive patients include an 18-year-old woman of Phase-3, 28-year-old woman from Banur, 54-year-old woman from Sector 71, 28-year-old woman from Phase-1, 29-year-old man from Aerocity, 36-year-old woman from Kharar, 64-year-old man from Baltana, 23-year-old woman from Lalru, 75-year-old woman and 36-year-old woman from Kharar, 24-year-old man from Phase-5, 65-year-old woman from Zirakpur, 16-year-old boy from Kharar, 33-year-old woman and 37-year-old woman from Sector 80, 61-year-old man from Baltana and a 37-year-old woman from Mohali.

Civil Surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said all patients have been admitted to the COVID Care centre at Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur.

He said 16 patients were cured and discharged from hospital today.

The discharged patients include five women aged 20 years, 43 years, 12 years, 48 years and 22 years from Kharar, two men aged 38 years and 57 years from Derabassi, two men aged 20 years and 18 years from Jawaharpur, a 19-year-old man from Mohali, 73-year-old woman from Mohali, 25-year-old man from Dera Bassi, 43-year-old man from Mohali, 50-year-old man from Baltana, 48-year-old man from Zirakpur and a 30-year-old man from Sector-80.

As of now, 310 have been cured to date and discharged from hospital.

The active cases in the district stands at 173 while nine people have died from the virus so far.