Chandigarh adds five more coronavirus fatalities, 71 new cases

 Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 13

Five more coronavirus fatalities took Chandigarh’s death count to stand at just under 200, health officials said on Tuesday.

The city also reported 71 new cases to its tally, taking the union territory’s infection count to 13,331.

Four of the five fatalities were over 60.

A 76-year-old woman from Sector 56 died at Sector 32’s Government Medical College and Hospital. She had kidney problems and died of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, a medical bulletin said. The second death at GMCH was a 96 year old man from Sector 43 who had hypertension.

Three people died at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research—a 61 year old woman from Sector 8 who was diabetic and had hypertension, a 55-year-old man from Vikas Nagar (Mauli Jagran) who was diabetic and an 81-year-old man from Sector 45 who had heart problems. The UT also reported 109 recoveries.

Chandigarh now has 1,324 active cases.

Chandigarh status

Total: 13,331

Active: 1,324

Deaths: 197