Five new cases of Covid-19 were reported from Sector 30 of Chandigarh, taking the total count of patients to 50 in the Union Territory.

Chandigarh: Five new cases of Covid-19 were reported from Sector 30 of Chandigarh, taking the total count of patients to 50 in the Union Territory.

UT health secretary Arun Gupta said that all five cases were identified during the house to house survey being conducted by the health department and they were shifted and sampled at Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, on Monday.

Photo Officials said that the new cases include a 53-year-old woman and a 62-year-old man of one household in Sector 30-B.

The other three are all women aged 23, 27 and 35 and belong to three households in the same sector.

LockdownThe UT administration had earlier declared a part of Sector 30-B as an “affected pocket” amid the coronavirus outbreak.

There is a ban on non-essential visitors to the affected pocket. Only authorised essential items and service providers, wearing necessary protection gear such as masks, hairnet, gloves, personal protective equipment (PPE) and carrying passes and identity cards are allowed to enter the area.