<p>Three more people in Punjab have tested positive for the new <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a>, taking the total in the state to six, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>"Three more people have tested positive in Mohali," Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said.</p>.<p>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-faqs-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-pandemic-covid-19-813319.html" target="_blank">Coronavirus FAQs: All you need to know about the pandemic</a></p>.<p>Among the fresh cases is the sister of a 69-year-old Mohali woman who tested positive on Friday, he said.</p>.<p>Another person who tested positive had come in contact with a Chandigarh-based 23-year-old coronavirus patient, Dayalan said.</p>.<p>The other person is a 42-year-old resident who had recently returned from the United Kingdom and was admitted to a government hospital in Sector-16 in Chandigarh, the official said.</p>.<p><em>Credit: DataLEADS</em></p>.<p>The first coronavirus positive patient in Punjab had a travel history to Italy and the second person, who died on Wednesday in Nawanshahr, had returned from Germany via Italy.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a fiscal package to combat the coronavirus crisis and permission to get tests done at private hospitals and labs in the state.</p>.<p>The CM had expressed grave concerns over the escalating COVID-19 crisis during a video conference convened by the PM with all the chief ministers to review the situation.</p>.<p>Singh has asked the deputy commissioners and the district police chiefs to chalk out a comprehensive strategy for containment of the disease. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-812987.html" target="_blank">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases</a></strong></p>
<p>Three more people in Punjab have tested positive for the new <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a>, taking the total in the state to six, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>"Three more people have tested positive in Mohali," Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said.</p>.<p>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-faqs-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-pandemic-covid-19-813319.html" target="_blank">Coronavirus FAQs: All you need to know about the pandemic</a></p>.<p>Among the fresh cases is the sister of a 69-year-old Mohali woman who tested positive on Friday, he said.</p>.<p>Another person who tested positive had come in contact with a Chandigarh-based 23-year-old coronavirus patient, Dayalan said.</p>.<p>The other person is a 42-year-old resident who had recently returned from the United Kingdom and was admitted to a government hospital in Sector-16 in Chandigarh, the official said.</p>.<p><em>Credit: DataLEADS</em></p>.<p>The first coronavirus positive patient in Punjab had a travel history to Italy and the second person, who died on Wednesday in Nawanshahr, had returned from Germany via Italy.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a fiscal package to combat the coronavirus crisis and permission to get tests done at private hospitals and labs in the state.</p>.<p>The CM had expressed grave concerns over the escalating COVID-19 crisis during a video conference convened by the PM with all the chief ministers to review the situation.</p>.<p>Singh has asked the deputy commissioners and the district police chiefs to chalk out a comprehensive strategy for containment of the disease. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-812987.html" target="_blank">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases</a></strong></p>