16 new cases in Mohali too; district count goes up to 472

MOHALI : A six-year-old girl was among 16 new Covid-19 cases reported in the district on Thursday, taking Mohali’s count to 472.

Those infected included four women, aged 45, 43, 40 and 24, from Sector 66; Sector 125; Jhanjeri and an unspecified location in Mohali, respectively.

Five cases from Kharar included two women, aged 58 and 32, a girl, 6, and a man, 62, from Shivalik City Kharar; and another man, 48, from an unspecified location.

Men who had contracted the disease included a 29 -year-old fromphase-1;a 41-year-oldfrom Phase- 4; a 68-year-old from Gillco Towers; and a 57-year-old from Baltana. Two men, aged 47 and 19, were from Lalru and the other, a 79-year-old was from Jharmari.

Also, seven persons were discharged after recovery, bringing the number of active patients in the district to 169.

Dr Manjit Singh, civil surgeon, Mohali, said all patients had been admitted to Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur and were responding well to treatment.

At present, the district has 472 confirmed cases, of which 294 have recovered and nine have died due to the virus.