Baldev Singh
Chandigarh, March 19, 2020: Baldev Singh, an aged person, who had returned from Germany via Italy to his native village Patlawan, near Banga, district Nawanshahr because the first person to die of coronavirus in Punjab.
After his death his samples were sent to PGI for checking and they tested positive for cornonavirus. Punjab health ministry has confirmed that the death was due to coronavirus.
The village has been locked down and is being santised by spraying disinfectants.