MOHALI: Three more persons who returned from Takht Hazur Sahib in Nanded tested positive for Covid-19 in Mohali on Friday, taking the total count to 89 in the district.
A 56-year-old woman and her 20-year-old son, both residents of Khanpur in Kharar, and a 30-year-old-man from Badala village tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.
In the past three days, 18 pilgrims out of a total of 57 back from Nanded have tested positive.
Mohali civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said the three patients have been admitted to Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur. “All three are asymptomatic and are responding well to treatment,” he said.
On Thursday, the district witnessed the biggest spike in the number of coronavirus cases in a single day with 13 people testing positive. Ten of them had returned from Nanded.
