Gurdaspur sees first coronavirus case

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, April 14

With eight new cases reported over the past 24 hours, the total number of cases has reached 184 in the state. One of the patients is critical and two are on oxygen support.

Among fresh cases, four were reported from Pathankot, two SAS Nagar and one each from Gurdaspur and Jalandhar.

Gurdaspur’s first Covid positive case surfaced at Bhaini Paswal village in Kahnuwan block, following which administration officials went into a huddle to put in place a mechanism to stop the spread of the disease.

Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ishfaq confirmed the development. “One person, aged 60 years, has tested positive. He was admitted to the civil hospital yesterday after showing Covid symptoms. His report came positive today. I have ordered the victim’s village and several localities in its vicinity as a containment zone.”

The patient had been referred to an Amritsar hospital by doctors at Gurdaspur civil hospital yesterday. The victim had attended a cremation of one of his relatives in a Gurdaspur village. The deceased, a retired Army man, had reportedly tested positive on April 4, although his family members claim that his test result was negative.

In Jalandhar a 72-year-old man from Guru Ravidass Nagar of Basti Danishmandan tested positive. He had reportedly gone to a private diagnostic centre for a check-up a few days ago. This is the 25th confirmed case of Jalandhar, yet again from the old city area.

With the surfacing of two more coronavirus positive cases in Mohali district, the total count has gone up to 56. The two women who tested positive are 56-year-old from Jawaharpur village of Dera Bassi and 38-year-old from Mundi Kharar.