20 more infected in Chandigarh, tally reaches 800
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 23
The city Covid tally today touched the 800 mark with 20 fresh cases. There are 256 active cases.
The new cases include a 73-year-old woman of Mauli Jagran. She has three family members and two of them have been sampled. A 21-year-old youth of Sector 40 also tested positive for the virus. He has four family members. Three members of a family from Ram Darbar also contracted the infection. They are two girls, aged 12 and 14, and a 51-year-old man. They are family members of a previous positive case.
A 43-year-old man of Sector 32 was also tested positive for Covid. He has seven family members and a maid, who have been sampled.
Besides, five residents of Bapu Dham Colony — a 22-year-old youth, two women, aged 23 and 80, and two men, aged 52 and 62 — contracted the virus. They are family members of a Covid patient. A 63-year-old woman of Sector 61 too contracted the virus.
She is a family member of an infected person. Three family members of a 23-year-old woman of Mani Majra were sampled after she tested positive. A 28-year-old youth of Dhanas is among the new Covid patients.
Besides, a 40-year-old man of Sector 42, a 35-year-old woman and a five-year-old boy of Sector 32 and a 41-year-old woman of Sector 21 were found infected. They are family contacts of Covid patients.
A 30-year-old man of Mani Majra is among the new patients. He is a workplace contact of patient from Panchkula. A 50-year-old man of Sector 38 also tested positive. He is a workplace contact of a positive case of Mohali and has three family members. Meanwhile, five patients were discharged from the hospital today.
