UT, Mohali see 2 fatalities each

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 14

Two residents of the city and two of Mohali district reportedly died of Covid at the PGI here today.

According to the PGI, a 50-year-old man of Dhanas, who was reported Covid positive on July 3, died today. He had a history of cancer and was on chemotherapy. A 52-year-old woman of Sector 46, who had tested positive for Covid on July 11, succumbed to the virus today. She was a patient of severe diabetes and was in the ICU at Sohana Hospital for more than 15 days before she was referred to the PGI on July 11.

A 65-year-old man of New Chandigarh in Mohali district, who died at the PGI today, was admitted to the institute on July 6 and stated to be a case of Covid pneumonia. He had hypertension and was on a ventilator in the Covid hospital ICU for nine days. He died due to an acute respiratory distress syndrome.

A 48-year-old man of Jawaharpur, Dera Bassi, was admitted to the PGI on July 9 and diagnosed with respiratory shock. He had a history of hypertension. He died today because of Covid pneumonia and refractory shock.

The UT has so far seen 10 Covid deaths and Mohali nine.