curfew Passes given liberallythe Contamination chain
Till April 14 Patiala district had only two cases – a foreign-returnee and a gardener
April 15 A social worker, who distributed ration to over 800 people, tests positive
April 16 His wife and two children test positive. A trader, who owns a book shop in a congested market, too gets infected
April 17 Three family members of the book trader and a woman from Rajpura admitted to the hospital
April 18 Patiala reports 15 cases, highest for any district in 24 hours. Nine were close contacts of the trader and six family members of the Rajpura woman
April 19 Health officials begin screening of the entire city population
April 20 Five persons, including a doctor and an ASI, test positive in Rajpura, all contacts of earlier patients
April 21 The DC orders sealing of Rajpura town. Officials collect 70 samples
April 22 Of 70 samples, 18 test positive, all of them again from the chain of previously infected persons
