Nine members of family test positive for coronavirus in Panchkula

With nine members of a family from Panchkula testing positive for coronavirus, the total number of cases in Haryana rose to 213 on Thursday, officials said.

A 44-year-old woman, her husband and seven other members of their family, who reside in two houses in Panchkula's Sector 15, have tested positive, officials said.

Panchkula Deputy Commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja told reporters that some of the family members had visited Pathankot on March 18.

The woman developed some symptoms on April 6, he said, adding later she went to a private hospital in Panchkula where he doctor took an X-ray and found a spot on her lung and administered some antibiotics.

However, the woman reported to Panchkula civil hospital on April 12 after which her samples were collected which came positive.

Subsequently, the samples of other members of her family were also taken and eight more were found positive, he said.

Samples of some more people with whom the family is believed to have come into contact have been taken, he said.

The containment of the residential area where the family resides in two houses has been done. Health department teams have screened the area, regular sanitization was being done there while entry or exit of people in the area has been stopped.

Authorities were supplying essentials to the people in the residential locality