Mohali, April 10, 2020: Ten more residents of village Jawaharpur, Derabassi, have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of cases in the village to 32.
Giving this information, SAS Nagar DC Girish Dayalan said extensive sampling has enabled authorities to identify more postive cases within the village and their timely isolation.
“Hopefully containing the spread in the village with a population of 2500+, as well as beyond,” tweeted Dayalan.
Praising the health teams, the DC said that containing without extensive sampling would not have achieved the desired/same results.
“Our health teams have even regularly sampled over 10 dead bodies - where also a postitive case was discovered. Kudos to them!” tweeted the DC.
With this development, the total number of cases in the district has climbed to 48, including 2 deaths and 5 cured cases.