Hisar wedding leaves trail of Covid +ve patients, 20 traced

HISAR: A wedding ceremony in Hisar, which defied the Covid-19 guidelines, has left at least 20 guests infected with coronavirus, health department officials said on Wednesday.
The August 25 event at MG Resort along the Delhi bypass in Hisar was reportedly attended by more than 50 guests, and those testing positive include attendees from both bride and groom sides.
Health department biologist Ramesh Poonia and his team conducted a contact tracing drive on Wednesday, in which records of the photographer, pandit, mehndi designer and salon operator were searched, which established the presence of more than allowed number of guests.
In the past too, biologist Poonia and his team had conducted a search operation to trace the corona chain from the wedding ceremony of an eminent family of the city, from where over 150 positive cases were reported. Due to the negligence of this family, the chain of positive cases was formed in Hisar, Sirsa and in Rajasthan.
104 cases, 2 deaths in district
Meanwhile, a total of 104 new cases of Covid-19 surfaced in Hisar on Wednesday, while two patients died. With this, the total number of cases in the district has increased to 2,564, out of which 778 are active cases, while the number of dead has reached 18.
Deputy civil surgeon Dr Jaya Goyal said a total of 81 patients were also discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the count of cured patients to 1,768.
She said that a 34-year-old youth of Chainnat village and a 60-year-old resident of Bhojraj died from the infection and added that both had comorbidities.