First Covid death in two months in Patiala

Tribune News Service

Patiala, November 19

For almost over two months, the district on Friday reported one Covid-19 death. A 35-year-old resident of the Lakar Mandi area in the city died of coronavirus at Government Rajindra Hospital during the treatment. With this, around 1,359 people in the district have died from Covid-19.

The Health Department said the patient was a referral from Government TB Hospital, Patiala.

The doctors said the deceased was alcoholic and had a severe comorbid condition. He was also suffering from chronic respiratory issues. Meanwhile, the Health Department informed that the district had reported three fresh cases of coronavirus on Friday, thereby, taking the tally of positive Covid cases to 48, 947, since the Covid outbreak last year.