82-yr-old woman tests positive, Chandigarh count 27

Chandigarh, April 20

An 82-year-old woman of Sector 18 tested positive for Covid today. With the new case, the total count of confirmed cases in the city has risen to 27.

The woman is currently admitted to Alchemist Hospital in Panchkula. She was sampled for the virus at the Civil Hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula. She had been residing both at Sector 18 in Chandigarh and Sector 12, Panchkula.

As per officials, the woman had been living with her three sons. Two of her sons live in Sector 18 and one in Sector 12, Panchkula. Those staying at the three houses have been home-quarantined. The initial contact tracing of the 27th case revealed that one of her sons had a travel history to Singapore. He had visited Singapore on February 11 and returned on February 20. He had also visited a flu clinic on April 5, implying the possibility of symptoms in the son as well. The woman is a patient of asthma and had reported to Alchemist Hospital a couple of days ago. The source of transmission is currently unclear. Meanwhile, two family contacts of the Covid positive woman from Sector 30, aged 16 and 13, were sampled at Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16 here today. A resident of Sector 21, who is a community contact of the Sector 30 woman, has been sampled.

All seven household contacts of a Covid positive PGI sanitation attendant, who lives at Kacchi Colony in Dhanas, have tested negative for the virus. All eight remote community contacts of the case, who were working in a dairy at the colony, too reportedly tested negative.

A 23-year-old man of Sector 30, who is a contact of a Sector 30 youth with a history of return from Sharjah, has recovered and discharged from the PGI. — TNS

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