All from Jawaharpur; dist count 26, highest in PunjabSeven more catch virus in Mohali dist

Tribune News Service

Mohali, April 7

Seven new cases of Covid-19 have surfaced in Jawaharpur village of the Dera Bassi block of Mohali district, taking the total count of people suffering from the disease to 11 in the village and 26 in the district.

Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said a total of seven persons of two families, including the panch who has already tested positive and sarpanch of Jawaharpur, tested positive today. He said the new patients were aged between 12 and 50 years.

He said 55 contacts of a positive person at Jagatpura village were traced and their samples were taken.

Dayalan, along with Civil Surgeon, rushed to Jawaharpur to take stock of the situation and sealed the entire village area as a precautionary measure.

The affected members of the two families were involved in distributing community food among poor, needy and labourers and have also been consuming

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