3 more positive cases of coronavirus in Punjab; total six patients in state now

Three more people in Punjab have tested positive for new coronavirus, taking total in state to six, an official said on Saturday. "Three more people have tested positive in Mohali," Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said.

Among fresh cases is sister of a 69-year-old Mohali woman who tested positive on Friday, he said. Ar person who tested positive h come in contact with a Chandigarh-based 23-year-old coronavirus patient, Dayalan said.

or person is a 42-year-old resident who h recently returned from United Kingdom and was mitted to a government hospital in Sector-16 in Chandigarh, official said.

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first coronavirus positive patient in Punjab h a travel history to Italy and second person, who died on Wednesday in Nawanshahr, h returned from Germany via Italy.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday h asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a fiscal pack to combat coronavirus crisis and permission to get tests done at private hospitals and labs in state.

CM h expressed grave concerns over escalating COVID-19 crisis during a video conference convened by PM with all chief ministers to review situation.

Singh has asked deputy commissioners and district police chiefs to chalk out a comprehensive strategy for containment of disease. 

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