Coronavirus: 2 more test positive, total confirmed cases rises to 31 in Punjab

number of coronavirus patients on Wednesday rose to 31 in Punjab with two persons contracting infection in state, officials said.

One person, who h travel history, tested positive in Ludhiana, according to media bulletin issued here.

source of infection was being identified, bulletin said.

It is Ludhiana's first case of coronavirus.

second confirmed case was reported in Hoshiarpur where a 31-year-old man tested positive for virus, official said.

He was son of a coronavirus patient, resident of Moranwali vill in Garhshankar sub-division of Hoshiarpur district.

In Punjab, re were 18 positive cases in Nawanshahr, five in Mohali, three each in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur and one each in Amritsar and Ludhiana, as per bulletin.

Out of m, one Nawanshahr positive case h died.

All 30 cases have been under hospital isolation and y were stable, said bulletin.

As of w, a total of 488 samples h been tested out of which 228 h tested negative while result of 229 was still awaited.