Punjab

Punjab updates:

April 20 2020:

Coronavirus in India: Ludhiana ACP dies of Covid-19

ACP had tested positive for Covid-19 on April 12. His wife, security guard, a station house officer have also tested positive.
The 52-year-old Ludhiana assistant commissioner of police (ACP), who was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a private hospital, died on Saturday.

 

Officer Anil Kohli-ACP

 The 52-year-old Ludhiana assistant commissioner of police (ACP), who was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a private hospital, died on Saturday.

ACP (North) Anil Kohli breathed his last at the SPS hospital, Ludhiana, civil surgeon Rajesh Bagga said. On Friday, the Punjab government had given its go-ahead to the hospital to conduct plasma therapy on the police officer.

"Our brother officer Anil Kohli, ACP Ludhiana, lost his battle against #COVID-19 today afternoon. Anil served Punjab Police and the people of Punjab for over 30 years. May his soul RIP!, Punjab Police DGP Dinkar 

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh also condoled the death.

"Sad to share that we had lost Gurmail Singh

 Kanungo yesterday & ACP Anil Kohli in Ludhiana to #Covid19 today. In this moment of crisis, losing our Corona Warriors is a big loss for the State. I join their families in this time of grief. Rest assured Punjab will stand by them," Singh said on Twitter.Gupta said in a tweet.

Patial|Chandigarh|Mohali:

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s hometown Patiala may have become the new hotspot of coronavirus in the state with 15 news cases being reported on Saturday.
While Mohali has seen the most number of confirmed cases (57), so far,
followed by Jalandhar (41) in Jalandhar, Patiala is in the third spot with 26 patients. Pathankot is next in line with 24 COVID-19 patients.

         The sharp rise in the number of cases in Patiala happened after a bookseller from the city’s old Kitabanwala Bazaar tested positive on Friday.Several buyers, including parents who came to buy books for their children for the new session, and the man’s relatives were requested to get themselves screened. Among them, nine contacts tested positive on Saturday.

The man had reportedly sold books and stationery to hundreds of parents for the new academic session, besides supplied books to a prominent school in the city and several others in nearby towns.

Six contacts of a 60-year-old patient from Rajpura also tested positive on Saturday, adding to the spike in the number of cases.

Patiala Civil Surgeon Harish Malhotra said 237 teams of the health department conducted surveys on 23,975 homes and screened 96,596 people, adding the screening will continue for next two-three days.

“There are a total of 26 cases. Samples of 16 contacts of a 60-year-old woman from Rajpura town were tested, of which six were positive. Nine contacts of a bookseller from Patiala tested positive. The area has been contained and the families have been isolated. Parents who had bought books from the infected bookseller were requested by Deputy Commissioner Kumar Amit to come forward for screening and 68 families contacted the control room. Of these, 28 families are fine,” Malhotra said.