Jawaharpur ahead of five states, two UTs

Barinderjit Saluja | TNN | Apr 15, 2020, 06:17 IST

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MOHALI: Jawaharpur village in Mohali district's Derabassi area has outnumbered many states in the number of cases. Out of 56 cases in Mohali, Jawaharpur accounts for 68% cases at 38. All these cases are from seven households in the village.
One more case was confirmed in the village on Tuesday - a 56-year-old cousin of the 42-year-old panchayat member, the first case in the village.
Jawaharpur has higher positive cases than Chandigarh (21), Himachal Pradesh (32), Uttarakhand (35), Assam (31), Chhattisgarh (31), Jharkhand (24) and Ladakh (15). However, till date none of the positive cases from Jawaharpur have recovered.
In Jawaharpur, 243 samples have been taken and 201 have been found negative. The result of five samples is awaited.
A 42-year-old member of the panchayat was the first case in the village. He had direct contact with 243 people out of whom 37 have tested positive.
The panch was involved in distributing community meals to poor and was helped by six families related to him. The panch infected 35 relatives belonging to three families and two shop owners of the village.
The infected age group ranges from a six-month-old infant to a 71-year-old woman.