With 37 infections, Patiala’s Dabhlan village declared Covid hotspot; active cases 75

Karam Prakash
Tribune News Service
Patiala, May 22

With 37 new cases, Patiala’s Dhblan village on Saturday became a major Covid hot-spot in the rural belt. With this, the number of active cases—in the village— stands at 75. In the last 30 days, the village has reported five coronavirus deaths.

The village was sealed on Tuesday after it was declared as a macro-containment zone.

Confirming this, Dr Sumeet Singh, District Epidemiologist, said that new positive cases were being detected through a follow-up—in the sampling phase manner—after the village became a containment zone.

“The village is big and has a large population, therefore, more staff will be deployed for isolation and contact tracing of fresh positive cases,” he said.

He added that several villages in Peri-Urban areas were also hit. Passiana, Laut, Ajnauda Kalan, Chotti Rauni, Duladi, and Ghaggar Sarai, are among the villages which have been severely hit.

The Health Department said that there was a decline in the number of positive cases in the district, however, rural areas remain a cause of concern.