Mohali, April 11: With the surfacing of two more coronavirus positive cases at Jawaharpur village of Dera Bassi in Mohali district, there are 34 coronavirus positive cases in this village alone. The tally of Mohali district has reached 50.
The two people tested positive are associates of the families of the panch and the sarpanch who had also tested positive. They have been admitted to the isolation ward of Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur.
The first case in the village surfaced on April 4 when a 42-year-old-year panch of the village had tested positive. Since then 33 more people—30 part of his extended family—have tested positive for coronavirus.
Confirming this, Civil Surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said teams had been deputed for the village to take samples of their family members and other contacts. He said reports of all 12 samples had arrived–two had tested positive while 10 had tested negative.
The district administration has already sealed Jawaharpur along with Devigarh and Mehmudpur villages, deploying 75 cops with three PCR vehicles to ensure no movement.
None of the 34 people has any travel history. Most of them were asymptomatic and detected only though testing and added that some Tablighi Jamaat members had stayed in the village, but left before anyone could get information about them.
