3 from Mohali contract virus

Tribune News Service

Mohali, June 10

Three more persons tested positive for Covid today, raising the district tally to 140.

A 43-year-old man of Mubarakpur in Dera Bassi and a 26-year-old youth of Dasmesh Nagar in Nayagaon are the two new additions to the Covid positive cases list of the district.

Civil Surgeon Manjit Singh said, “The Mubarakpur resident came from Delhi with mild symptoms. We took his samples and he has tested positive for Covid. We are trying to check whether he is a resident of Dera Bassi or Delhi.”

The official said the two new patients have been shifted to the Covid Care Centre at Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur.

In Kharar, a 29-yr-old youth, who had come from Hyderabad by air on Sunday, has tested positive.

Tarsem Singh, SMO, Civil Hospital, Kharar, said the patient was a resident of Palm Enclave on the Jhungian road in Kharar. His samples were taken at the airport on Sunday.

He too has been was shifted to the Banur hospital. The area where he lived has been sealed.

As of now, there are 140 cases in the district and of these, 112 persons have been cured of the disease. There are 25 active cases in the district and three persons have died of Covid.

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