Mavi Sappan resident dies of Covid, 8 test +ve in Patiala district
Tribune News Service
Patiala, August 28
There is no relief from Covid in Mavi Sappan village of the district as the area continues to report positive cases.
A 55-year-old resident of the village tested positive for the disease and died during treatment at Government Rajindra Hospital on Saturday morning. He was admitted to the hospital on Friday. Earlier, three students of the government at Mavi Sappan village had tested positive during special sampling drive. The school has already been closed for 14 days.
Ironically, the schoolchildren and 55-year-old Covid victim were residing in the same area of the village.
Concerned over development, the Health Department on Saturday declared the area as micro-containment zone to contain the spread of the virus.
Dr Sumeet Singh, district epidemiologist, said, “All positive cases are from the same area in the village. Therefore, we have declared the area as micro-containment zone. We will be collecting more samples from the area to detect positive cases.”
Meanwhile, Patiala – on Saturday – reported eight Covid cases. Of eight, four are from Patiala city, three from Dudhan Sadhan and one from Bhadson block of the district. With this, the positive case count in the district stands at 48,809 since the outbreak of pandemic last year.
