5 more deaths, Mohali toll 85

Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 1

Five Covid-19 deaths and 163 new cases were reported from Mohali district today. As many as 86 patients were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours.

A 65-year-old man from Lalru died of the virus at the Civil Hospital, Ambala. He was also suffering from a cardiac ailment. Two fatalities — that of a 41-year-old man from Sector 68 and a 65-year-old woman from Phase 1— were reported from Grecian Hospital. An 89-year-old man from Gharuan died in a hospital in Sohana. He was also suffering from hypertension. A 51-year-old woman from Kharar died at Ivy Hospital. Most of the positive cases reported today were from Mohali urban (72), Gharuan (36), Dhakoli (19), Kharar (18), Dera Bassi (eight), Kurali (seven), Banur (two) and Lalru (one).

The district has so far reported 3,933 positive cases, of which 1,709 are active. As many as 2,139 patients have been discharged. The death toll has reached 85. Yesterday, seven persons had died, while 104 new cases were reported from the district.

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Scare at PUDA office

One of the patients who died at Grecian Hospital was serving as a supervisor in PUDA Bhawan, Sector 62. Earlier, two SDOs of the building branch (C1) were found infected with the virus. Employees in the office are concerned about the rising number of cases from the office and have demanded sanitisation of the premises. “The entire staff are being asked to report for duty despite strict orders from the government against it. Officials and outsiders can be seen in the office even after 7 pm,” said an employee.