One more tests positive for coronavirus in Punjab, total count 39

A 65-year-old Mohali resident tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 39 in Punjab, officials said.

The man, a resident of Nayagaon in Mohali, was admitted to the PGIMER hospital six days ago, Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said.

"He was taken to the hospital after he complained of chest pain and breathlessness. Now his test report for coronavirus has come positive. He has no travel history,” the DC said, adding that his condition is critical and has been put on ventilator.

"We are tracing all his contacts and their tests will be conducted," he said. Meanwhile, health authorities have sealed all the entry points of Nayagaon area, the official said, adding that adequate precautions are being taken to check the spread of the infection.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases has reached 39 in the state. On Sunday evening, a 62-year-old coronavirus patient died at the Government Medical College in Amritsar.

“He was having co-morbidities and died on March 29 due to cardiac arrest,” a medical bulletin said.

Of the 39 cases, 19 have been reported from Nawanshahr, seven from Mohali, six from Hoshiarpur, five from Jalandhar and one each from Amritsar and Ludhiana. Two patients have died and one has been discharged from the hospital after his second test results came negative.

According to the bulletin, 1,051 samples have been tested so far and out of which, the reports of 881 samples came negative and the result of 131 samples is still awaited.