Panchkula reports another COVID-19 case; son of diagnosed patient tests positive

Tribune News Service
Panchkula, June 5

A 19-yearold man tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, taking the district tally to 28.

District officials said the 19-year-old’s swab samples were taken for testing after his father was diagnosed with COVID-19. They both live in Panchkula’s Sector 12-A.

"The report of son (19) and wife (48) of the infected person from Sector 12A has been received. While the son is positive, wife's negative," Dr Rajiv Narwal, covid nodal officer for the district, said.

The patient has now been moved to an isolation ward in the civil hospital in Sector 6.

Panchkula has only two active cases now.