2 diabetics die of virus in Panchkula, 94 new cases
Panchkula, August 27
The district reported two more deaths and 94 new cases of Covid-19 today, taking the death toll to 15 and the total number of cases to 1,923.
A 75-year-old man from Sector 17 succumbed to the virus at the Civil Hospital in Sector 6. He had diabetes.
A 60-year-old woman from Manakpur village, who was also suffering from diabetes, lost her life to the contagion at the Civil Hospital in Sector 6.
The fresh cases include 53 fom Pinjore, 11 from Surajpur, three each from Sector 4, Sector 7 and Sector 12-A, two each from Nanakpur, Old Panchkula, Sector 6 and Sector 17, and one each from Hangola, Kalka, Sector 25, Sector 14, Sector 10, Sector 25, Sector 21 and Sector 11.
While 730 cases are still active, 1,178 patients have been cured and discharged. So far, 31,000 tests have been conducted in the district and 28,005 came out negative. — TNS
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