4 more die in Mohali, toll 89

Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 2

Four deaths and 160 new cases of Covid-19 were reported from the district today. As many as 43 patients recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours.

A 20-year-old woman from Lalru was the youngest fatality of the day. She breathed her last at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32, Chandigarh. A 49-year-old man from Dera Bassi died at the PGI. He was suffering from a kidney-related disease.

Two deaths took place at Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur. A 45-year-old woman from Nayagaon, who was also a cancer patient, and a 58-year-old woman from Phase X, a patient of hypertension and diabetes, succumbed to the virus.

The fresh cases were reported from Mohali urban (55), Dhakoli (33), Gharuan (31), Kharar (29), Dera Bassi (6), Boothgarh (5) and Lalru (1).

So far, a total of 4,093 persons have contracted the virus in the district, of whom 1,822 are yet to recover. As many as 2,182 patients have been discharged from hospitals. With four more deaths in the city, the Covid toll of the district touched 89.

Yesterday, the district had reported five deaths and 163 new cases.

Zirakpur revenue official positive

Zirakpur Naib Tehsildar Varinder Pal Dhoot tested positive for Covid on Tuesday. He has been home-quarantined. Dera Bassi Tehsildar Navpreet Singh Shergil will look after Dhoot’s charge.

Patient booked

The Dera Bassi police have registered a case under Sections 188, 269, 270 and 271 of the IPC against a Covid patient, identified as Jaswant Singh of Amlala, for not cooperating with officials of the Health Department. He had refused to get admitted to Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur after testing positive for the virus at the PGI. He is a symptomatic patient. The case was registered on the statement of the District Nodal Officer.