Coronavirus | Three fresh cases reported in Punjab

Total number of cases touches six in State.

March 21, 2020 12:00 pm | Updated 12:00 pm IST - CHANDIGARH

Passengers wearing masks amid concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak, wait for their bus at a bus stand in Amritsar on March 20, 2020.

Passengers wearing masks amid concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak, wait for their bus at a bus stand in Amritsar on March 20, 2020.

Three fresh cases of COVID-19 had been reported in Punjab , taking the total number of cases in the State to six, officials said on March 21.

“Three fresh cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Mohali after they tested positive for the virus. All the patients are stable,” Harman, Nodal Officer of the Health Department (S.A.S Nagar), told The Hindu .

Dr. Harman said one among the new cases is the sister of the 69-year-old Mohali woman who recently returned from the United Kingdom and tested positive on March 20.

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“Another person who tested positive had come into contact with a 23-year-old coronavirus patient from adjacent Chandigarh city. The third person who has been tested positive is a 42-year-old Mohali resident (with travel history to the U.K), who was admitted to a government hospital in Sector-16 in Chandigarh,” she said.

In Punjab, one patient has died so far .

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