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Seven more people tested positive for coronavirus in Mohali district on Tuesday, officials said. The total number of positive cases in the district now stands at 26. The cases have surfaced in Jawaharpur village of the Dera Bassi block. Deputy Commissioner, Girish Dayalan, said that a total of 7 people from the two families—including the present panch, who was tested positive, and the present sarpanch of Jawaharpur village—have tested positive. All the people are between 12 and 50 years of age, he added. Deputy Commissioner, along with the civil surgeon, has rushed to the village. The authorities are likely to put the village under a state of emergency. The affected members of the families were involved in distributing community food to the poor, needy and the labourers.