Shaurya Sharma
Fatehgarh Sahib. May.21, 2020: On the recommendation of Civil Surgeon, Deputy Commissioner cum District Magistrate Amrit Kaur Gill removed all the hot spot/ containment declared Zones in the district by issuing an order today. She said that Civil Surgeon has mentioned that from the last one week no positive COVID case has been reported and moreover there are only two positive cases in the district, whereas 54 COVID-19 patients of active 56 in the district have been cured and discharged from Gian Sagar hospital Banur.
DC said that the health department is taking 100 to 150 samples daily from different areas of the district particularly of all those having travel history, close contacts of positive and coming to State from outside. She said that till today 2797 samples were taken and 2558 were reported negative the result of 183 are awaited, where as 54 have recovered and only 2 are active. She called upon the people to strictly follow the guidelines like staying at home, social distancing, use of mask and washing of hands to defeat COVID.