Panchkula records first Covid-19 fatality, Mohali surpasses UT death count
MOHALI : With the death of a 75-year-old woman from Shahpur, Panchkula district reported its first fatality related to Covid-19 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a 65-year-old man from Kharar succumbed to the disease at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), becoming Mohali district’s fourteenth Covid fatality. The district has now surpassed Chandigarh’s death toll, which stands at 13.
The two deaths were reported on the day Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula recorded 29, 28 and 23 fresh cases respectively, in yet another big single dayspike of 80 cases in the tricity. Those tested positive include two doctors of the PGIMER.
The elderly Panchkula woman, who died on Saturday, was on medication for tuberculosis and was admitted to the local civil hospital three days ago with Covid-like symptoms.
The district had reported a Covid death on July 2 as well, though 20 days later the administration claimed the patient’s death audit report termed it a non-Covid fatality.
The 23 fresh cases in the district are spread across Sectors 8, 10, 12, 21 and 25 in the city besides neighbouring areas. With this, the total number of cases has climbed to 413, with 232 active.
Meanwhile, the number of cases has reached 690 in Mohali , with 241 still active. As many as 435 have recovered, 14 of whom were discharged on Saturday.
The 65-year-old man who became the fourteenth fatality had comorbidities, said Mohali civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh, adding that he was tested positive for Covid-19 after being admitted to the PGIMER on July 22. Of the 28 fresh cases, nine are from Mohali city and spread across Phases 2, 5, 7 and 10.
29 FRESH CASES IN UT
The wife of BJP local president, a PGIMER resident doctor, husband of a UT estate office employee and a person who mans a kiosk at Elante Mall are among 29 fresh cases reported in Chandigarh, which took the city’s tally to 852 on Saturday. As many as 284 cases are still active.
The new cases have been reported from Sectors 3, 7, 18, 24, 28, 30, 32, 37, 43, 44 and 45 besides Dhanas, Manimajra, Ram Darbar, Mauli Jagran and Bapu Dham Colony.
Contact tracing of the UT estate office staffer’s husband has led to self-isolation of five other employees besides sanitisation of the premises, said health officials.