Two deaths, 30 more infected in Panchkula

Panchkula, October 21

The district today reported two deaths, taking the fatality count to 109, while 30 new coronavirus cases pushed the infection count to 6,900.

A 76-year-old man from Pinjore, who was suffering from Hodgkin’s lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system), and a 66-year-old man from Sector 16, who was suffering from diabetes, succumbed to the disease.

Among the fresh cases, five were from Pinjore, four each from the MDC, Sector 5, and Sector 15, two each from Kalka, Sector 25 and Sector 26, and one each from Abheypur, Barwala, Mandana, Morni, Sector 10, Sector 11, Sector 16, Sector 20, Sector 21, Sector 27 and Sector 6. — TNS