6 more succumb in Mohali

Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 13

Six Covid-19 deaths and 296 fresh cases were reported from the district today.

A seven-year-old girl from Phase XI was the youngest fatality of the day. The girl, suffering from a liver disease, was admitted to the PGI.

A 79-year-old man from Zirakpur died at the GMCH, Patiala. He was hypertensive.

A 75-year-old woman from Mundi Kharar also died at the GMCH, Patiala. She was diabetic and hypertensive.

A 60-year-old man, a cancer patient from Sector 68, died at the PGI. A 40-year-old man from Dhakoli died at the PGI and a 39-year-old woman from Zirakpur died at Max Hospital.

Most of the cases reported today were from Mohali urban (107), Dhakoli (56), Gharuan (51), Kharar (33), Dera Bassi (19), Banur (15), Kurali (seven), Lalru (five) and Boothgarh (three). Meanwhile, 178 patients were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours. The district has reported a total of 6,663 cases, of which 2,227 are active. As many as 4,302 patients have been discharged from various hospitals till now.

With six more deaths today, the district toll rose to 134. Mohali has witnessed the maximum number of deaths in the tricity. It is fourth in the tally of districts with maximum confirmed cases in Punjab.