Two cops among 23 fresh cases in Mohali

Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 21

Two more cops posted at the Gharuan police post, falling under the Kharar police station (Rural), tested positive for Covid-19 here today.

Besides, 21 others also contracted the infection, taking the district tally to 574. The infected cops, aged 47 and 46, are residents of Gharuan.

On Sunday, a 30-year-old woman sub-inspector, a 29-year-old sub-inspector and a 52-year-old head constable at the Gharuan police post were found suffering from the contagion. The Mohali Deputy Commissioner, Girish Dayalan, said a 35-year-old man from Phase 3B1, a 49-year-old man from Sector 126, a 41-year-old woman from Baltana and a 40-year-old woman from Phase 3B2 contracted the virus.

A 47-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman from Hira Enclave, Kharar, two women, aged 28 and 62, and a 55-year-old man from Sarvjot Enclave, Kharar, a 59-year-old man and two boys, aged eight and 14, from Phase 6 and a 48-year-old woman from Kharar were diagnosed with Covid-19.

Two men, aged 41 and 62, from Zirakpur, a 55-year-old man from Sector 69, a 26-year-old woman from Phase IX, a 22-year-old youth from Sector 66, a 37-year-old man from Sector 94, a 23-year-old youth from Sunny Enclave, Kharar, and a 37-year-old man from Gharuan also tested positive for coronavirus.

The district has so far witnessed 574 cases. While 371 patients have been cured and discharged, there are now 191 active cases. The district has seen 12 deaths.

Nine patients discharged

Nine patients were discharged after defeating the virus. They are a 35-year-old man from Saidpura, three men, aged 30, 44 and 25, from Dera Bassi, a five-year-old girl, a 33-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man from Kharar and two women, aged 23 and 65, from Mohali.

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