6 more test positive for coronavirus in Punjab; total cases 29

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh/Jalandhar, March 24

With six more persons testing positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, the number of cases in Punjab have gone up to 29, including one death.

According to the state health department, three fresh cases have been reported from SBS Nagar. All three cases are contacts of a positive case.

Three other are from Phillaur in Jalandhar and they were also in close contact of a positive case. They are from Virk village in Phillaur.

They were in contact with the man from Pathlawa in Banga who had died after being affected with the virus. The village has been sealed.

All 28 cases have been placed under isolation in government hospitals and are stable.

A suspected patient of Fatehgarh Sahib was referred to PGI, Chandigarh, where the patient died due to some other illness. As per test report of PGI, the patient was negative for COVID-19.

Close contacts of all these cases have been put under quarantine and surveillance. Samples of close contacts of these cases have also been taken and sent to designated labs for testing. Health department teams are working for surveillance.