Chandigarh tricity logs 600 Covid cases for 1st time

The total number of infections has now risen to 12,542 of which 5,204 (42%) are active. The death toll stands at 187

Chandigarh/Mohali/Panchkula The number of Covid-19 cases crossed the 600 mark for the first time in the tricity, with 603 people testing positive for the virus while nine others succumbed to it on Friday.

Mohali, too, recorded its steepest surge with 272 cases. Chandigarh and Panchkula reported 203 and 127 infections, respectively.

The tricity had recorded the previous biggest spike on September 1 with 546 cases.

The total number of infections has now risen to 12,542 of which 5,204 (42%) are active. Meanwhile, nine people died, taking the toll to 187.

Five deaths in Chandigarh

Chandigarh on Friday recorded five deaths linked to Covid-19, while 203 more cases came to the fore pushing the Covid-19 tally to 5,268.

District education officer (DEO) Harbir Singh Anand is among those who tested positive. Seven staffers from the accounts branch of the DEO office have also tested positive.

The number of active cases stands at 2,092, while the toll has reached 67. Around 1,000 people await their test results.

Among those who died four are men and three above the age of 70.

They include an 80-year-old man from Sector 19, who had kidney and heart ailments besides diabetes and hypertension, and a 72-year-old man from Sector 52, who had similar complications.

A 36-year-old man from Bapu Dham Colony died due to “refractory shock sepsis and viral pneumonia” and a 72-year-old man from Raipur Khurd, who had a history of hypertension, also succumbed. A 51-year-old woman from Sector 32, who had diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism, also died on Friday.

Meanwhile, 222 patients were discharged on Friday, including those who were asymptomatic and completed 10-day home isolation, the number of those recovered to 3,105.

Mohali records its steepest spike

Three Covid-19 patients died taking Mohali’s toll to 94 as 272 people also tested positive for the virus in the district’s steepest single-day spike on Friday.

The last biggest surge of 240 cases was reported on August 30. The total now stands at 4,495, with 2,058 cases still active.

Mohali civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said those who died had comorbidities and were hospitalised for more than a week. They include a 58-year-old man from Baltana who was also suffering from hypertension and a 52-year-old woman from Shahimajra who had both diabetes and hypertension. Both were undergoing treatment at the PGIMER, Chandigarh. A 63-year-old woman from Sector 114 is the third fatality. She was suffering from diabetes and died at a private hospital in Mohali.

Among the fresh cases, 93 are from Mohali city, 59 from Gharuan, 56 from Dhakoli, 34 from Kharar, 18 from Dera Bassi and the remaining from other parts of the district.

Meanwhile, 82 patients were also discharged on Friday, taking the number of those cured to 2,343.

90-yr-old woman dies in Panchkula

Three residents and a driver of an old age home managed by Red Cross Society in Sector 15, Panchkula, are among 127 people who tested positive for Covid-19 in the district on Friday.

Also, a 90-year-old woman from Sector 21, who was suffering from diabetes as well, succumbed, taking the toll to 25.

Maximum cases were reported from Pinjore, including that of a 16-month-old boy. While 13 each surfaced in Kalka and Raipurani, 15 people tested positive in Panchkula’s Sector 15 alone.

The three senior citizens were symptomatic and thus were tested for Covid-19. The health authorities have sanitised the old age home and shifted the three to the isolation ward of the civil hospital. The remaining 18 residents have tested negative. They will be tested again in a week to rule out the spread of infection, said a health official.

The total number of cases in the district has reached 2,799, of which 1,054 are active while 1,720 patients have been cured and discharged.