32 people test positive in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur; all are Nanded pilgrims

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Hoshiarpur, May 2

As many as 32 more people have tested positive for Covid-19. All of these are pilgrims who have returned from Nanded.

Now, all 37 active positive cases in Hoshiarpur are pilgrims who have returned from Nanded.

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District epidemiologist Dr Shailesh said these pilgrims were quarantined in the facilities at Rayat Bahra Educity and De-addiction Centre in Hoshiarpur.

These are from various villages in the district.

The positive cases have been sent to the isolation ward.

Meanwhile, the contact tracing is on at Narayangarh village of the subdivision from where a man who had returned from Nanded was found positive. He runs a grocery shop in the village.