Mohali SDM among eight test positive

Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 8

The Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Mohali, Jagdeep Sehgal, today tested positive for Covid-19.

Confirming the same, the 29-year-old said he was currently under home quarantine at Purab Premium Apartments in Sector 88. He added that he had recently attended a meeting of PCS officers in Chandigarh and possibly came into contact with a Covid patient there.

Civil Surgeon Manjit Singh said they were yet to get the SDM’s test report through email but had got the status confirmation on WhatsApp.

The district tally today rose to 330 as apart from the SDM, six more persons tested positive for Covid. A 22-year-old youth from Kumbra village, a 14-year-old boy and a 42-year-old man from Sector 104, a 54-year-old man from Sector 48 and a 55-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man from Kurali have contracted the virus. A 52-year-old resident of Phase XI, Moahli, also tested positive.

Eleven discharged

DC Girish Dayalan said 10 persons from Behra village and one from Lalru had been discharged. He said of the 331, there were 77 active cases in the district.