80-yr-old man from Sector 16 dies
Loses battle to Covid-19 after a month, had contracted disease from son who runs a pharmacy
CHANDIGARH: An 80-year-old man succumbed to Covid-19 after battling for nearly a month, taking the death toll in Chandigarh to seven, on Tuesday.
A resident of Sector 16, he had contracted the infection from his son, who runs a pharmacy in the same sector, and was admitted to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research on June 11. A hypertension patient, he was having difficulty in breathing and fever at that time.
In the PGIMER release, the cause of death was stated to be: “Cardio respiratory arrest, septic shock, pneumonia, hypertension and Covid-19.”
Of the six fatalities earlier, four were senior citizens while one a three-day-old girl.
Dr Pankaj Malhotra of the department of internal medicine said: “Patients with uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled blood pressure, obesity and cardiac problems are at higher risk. Covid-19 disease affects organs of the body and aggravates the manifestations.”
FIVE MORE TEST +VE, COUNT RISES TO 492
Meanwhile, five more people tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the number of confirmed cases to 492. As many as 84 of these remain active.
Among those found infected
are two family members of a doctor of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, who had tested positive earlier. Both are females, aged 14 and 49.
A 35-year-old woman from Sector 40 and a 55-year-old resident of Sector 51 have also tested positive. The woman is a contact of a case reported in Sector 50 earlier.
POLICE POST, HC SECTIONS CLOSED
The last case is of a 24-year-old son a of a senior constable. The