6 +ve cases reported in Tarn Taran

Gurbaxpuri

Tarn Taran, April 27

Tarn Taran district, which enjoyed the green zone tag till today due to no coronavirus positive case being reported till today, reported five Covid-19 positive patients in a day here on Tuesday. The Covid-19 cases have put the district administration in a tight spot.

All the patients were residents of the border village of Sursingh, 25 km from here. They had gone to Hazur Sahib (Maharashtra) to pay their obeisance. They had returned to village today in special buses sent by the state government. They fall in the 45-62 age group.

SDM Rajnish Arora confirmed the positive report of the patients. They were part of the 35-group of devotees who returned in Punjab Roadways buses on Tuesday. The samples of these patients were sent to Government Medical College and Hospital in Amritsar. Their report was received in the afternoon and five of them were found Covid-19 positive. The patients had been admitted to the 100-bed isolation ward of the local Civil Hospital. The administration has sealed Sursing village.

Besides, according to a report, one woman was found Covid-19 positive, who gave birth to a child in the Civil Hospital at Sursing.