20-yr-old among 7 dead in Mohali

Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 31

Seven persons died of Covid-19, while 104 new cases were reported from Mohali district today. As many as 87 patients were discharged from various hospitals in the past 24 hours.

A 53-year-old woman from Kurali died at the PGI. She was also suffering from hyperthyroidism. At the GMCH, Sector 32, two persons — a 55-year-old man from Sector 71 and a 49-year-old man from Baltana — died of Covid-related complications. Another Baltana resident, an 88-year-old woman, died at Indus Hospital, Dera Bassi. She was hypertensive also. A 20-year-old youth from Majri was the youngest fatality of the day, who died at the PGI. Two Zirakpur residents, a 51-year-old man and a 92-year-old man, died at Grecian Hospital, Mohali, and Eden Hospital, Chandigarh, respectively. The nonagenarian had comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension.

Civil Surgeon rubbishes charges

The Mohali Civil Surgeon on Monday refuted a social media post claiming that employees of the Health Department were being paid to declare Covid negative samples as positive. “It is totally baseless and a mala fide claim. The culprits will be dealt with according to the law,” he said.

+ve woman delivers healthy baby

In a positive development, a Covid positive woman, Amandeep Kaur from Lahori village in Mohali, gave birth to a healthy baby at the Civil Hospital in Mohali on August 29. She said, ‘’Being Covid positive, I had a lot of stress and normal delivery wasn’t possible. Doctors operated upon me and I became the mother of a healthy baby. I am grateful to the doctors of the Civil Hospital.”

Most of the cases reported today were from Mohali urban (27), Dhakoli (24), Gharuan (15), Kurali (14), Dera Bassi (11), Kharar (10) and Lalru (three).

Sohana and Nayagaon did not figure in the list of fresh cases reported today.

The district has so far recorded 3,770 cases, of which 1,637 are active. As many as 2,053 patients have been discharged from hospitals. The death toll in the district has touched 80 now. Data of the Health Department shows that most of the fatalities in the district have occurred within three-four days of the hospitalisation of the patients.

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