One-year-old among 5 die of Covid in Mohali

Mohali, January 16

Five persons, including a one-year-old girl, succumbed to Covid-19 in district, taking the toll to 1,084. The one-year-old girl, a resident of Balongi village, was admitted to the GMCH, Sector 32, while a 64-year-old man from Sector 66, who was suffering from lung and heart disease, was admitted to a private hospital. The duo died on January 14. The other three persons, who succumbed to the virus today, are a 59-year-old resident of Dhakoli, who was suffering from liver and heart disease, an 86-year-old person from Phase 4, who was suffering from heart disease, and a 73-year-old resident of Sector 91, who was suffering from diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity.

The district saw the highest-ever single-day spike of 1,831 cases since the outbreak of the Covid-19, taking the total number of cases in the district to 79,524. A total of 765 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals. —