3 deaths, 283 cases in Chandigarh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 10

Three Covid patients from the city breathed their last today, taking the UT toll to 80. Besides, 283 fresh cases were reported from the city, raising the tally to 6,987.

Among those who died was a 46-year-old man from Mani Majra. He was suffering from bilateral pneumonia, hypertension and acute kidney injury with sepsis. He had tested positive for Covid and died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32 (GMCH-32) today.

A 66-year-old man from Sector 48 with diabetes mellitus succumbed to the virus at the GMCH-32 on September 6.

A 59-year-old woman from Sector 22, who was suffering from pneumonia and tested positive for Covid, died due to Type 4 respiratory failure at Grecian Hospital in Mohali on September 4.

Meanwhile, 191 patients defeated the virus and were discharged today. There are 2,573 active cases in the UT.