Tricity’s 1st case among 2 discharged

Naina Mishra

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 6

The first Covid patient of the tricity, a 23-year-old woman from Sector 21, was discharged from the GMCH late this evening. She tested negative for the virus on the 19th day.

Along with her, a 21-year-old youth, a resident of Sector 38, was discharged from the hospital today. He had come in contact with the brother of the UK-returned woman. He was admitted to the GMCH on March 23.

She had returned from the UK on March 15. A day later, she developed symptoms like fever and body ache. She was tested on March 18 at the GMCH and found positive for Covid.

Around 12 persons, who had come in her direct contact, were identified through contact tracing carried out by the UT Health Department.

A total of 130 persons were traced, who were secondary contacts of the first case. The 14-day home-quarantine period of these contacts is over and none of them showed any symptoms.

The Sector 21 woman had tested positive for virus thrice before her reports came negative today. She showed no symptoms for the past 10 days.

Her mother and brother, who were also positive, were discharged from the hospital recently. Three of her close contacts — a male cook, a masseuse from Panchkula and a female friend from Mohali — are yet to overcome the disease and are still hospitalised.