Six more coronavirus cases take Mohali’s tally to 92

Tribune News Service
Mohali, May 1

Five pilgrims who recently returned from Nanded were among Mohali’s six new cases on Friday, officials said.

The development takes Mohali’s tally to 92.

One of the six cases was from Dera Bassi’s Jawaharpur. The person was the son of an already diagnosed positive case.

Jawaharpur accounts for 46 of Mohali’s 92 cases.

Five others were pilgrims who recently returned from Gurdwara Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra’s Nanded.

Some 21 pilgrims have so far tested positive, Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan  said. The 21 includes one person from Ambala.

The pilgrims were among 39 people who arrived in the city on April 28 and had been quarantined at the quarantine centre in Sector 70.

Those who were diagnosed have been admitted to Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur.

Dayalan said reports of 11 people are still pending. The district now has 62 cases. 

Some 745 people are still under quarantine.

The central government’s recently released list puts Mohali among the state’s orange zones.