Panchkula reports highest single-day spike with 47 coronavirus cases

Tribune News Service
Panchkula, July 21

Panchkula reported 47 COVID-19 positive cases on Wednesday morning, taking the district’s total to 328.

This is the highest spike ever in the district.

Of the 47 infections, 16 ITBP officials—all men in their early 30s— have tested positive for the deadly disease.

18 CRPF personnel also tested positive.

Other 13 infections include four males, a 4-year-old, 24-year-old, 30-year-old and 50-year-old, and three women from 54-year-old, 4-year-old, 35-year-old from Pinjore, two men—18-year-old and 21-year-old—from village Kherawali, two females—27-year-old, 35-year-old and 55-year-old male from village Maheshpur, and a 30-year-old man from Panchkula Sector 15 tested positive.

All COVID-19 positive patients have been shifted to the isolation ward of the hospitals.

Their family members and contacts are being isolated. The health teams will take samples of the family members and contacts for testing.

Civil Surgeon Sector 6 hospital, Dr Jasjeet Kaur, said that the process of tracing the family members and contacts of the infected patients has been started so that the health teams could take their samples for testing.

As of now, there are 328 patients and out of these 138 patients have recovered and discharged from the hospital.

There are 189 active cases and one death in the district.

Reports of 102 tests were awaited.