Mohali sees 13th death; 33 +ve

Mohali, July 23

A 52-year-old man from Mohali died of Covid-19 here today, taking the district toll to 13.

The Civil Surgeon, Dr Manjit Singh, said the 52-year-old man, a resident of Sector 66, was admitted to Indus International Hospital on July 21. He was suffering from blood sugar. His samples were collected post-death and the report came out positive today.

The district health authorities also sealed the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) office in the District Administrative Complex, Mohali, after an employee, a resident of Sector 32, Chandigarh, tested positive for Covid-19.

Confirming it, Sukhwinder Kumar, Regional Transport Officer, said the office had been sealed and sanitised. Other staff members of the department had been sampled. If their reports came out negative, they would open the office on Monday.

Meanwhile, 33 more persons tested positive for Covid-19 today, taking the total count in the district to 643.

A 20-year-old man from Kharar, a 60-year-old man from Phase 3B1, a 52-year-old man from Sector 66, a 48-year-old man from Kishanpura, Dera Bassi, two women, aged 20 and 40, and a 17-year-old boy from Mundi Kharar, a 23-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman from LIC Colony, Kharar, and a 51-year-old woman from Malakpur contracted the infection.

A 30-year-old man from Landran Road, Kharar, a 24-year-old man and a 20-year-old girl from Sector 66, a six-year-old girl and two men, aged 14 and 47, from Phase 3B2, a 36-year-old man from Phase X, a 57-year-old woman from Phase V, a 52-year-old man from Sector 68 and a 12-year-old boy from Phase VIII were found suffering from the contagion.

A 35-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl from Peer Muchalla, Zirakpur, a 35-year-old woman from Mohan Nagar, Dera Bassi, a 64-year-old man, an eight-year-old boy and two women, aged 64 and 42, from Gulmohar Extension, Dera Bassi, a 39-year-old man and a 19-year-old boy from Jawaharpur, a 28-year-old man from Phase 3A, and three men, aged 22, 38 and 14, from Sector 126, SBP Homes, were diagnosed with Covid-19.

As of now, there are 643 positive cases in the district. While 399 patients have been cured and discharged, there are 231 active cases. Thirteen persons have died of the disease in the district.

20 patients discharged

Twenty patients were discharged from the hospital after defeating the virus on Thursday. They are a 49-year-old man from Nayagaon, a 28-year-old man from Phase 1, a six-year-old girl and three women, aged 42, 32 and 50, from Kharar, a 29-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman from Phase 3B1, a 16-year-old boy from Peer Muchalla, a 60-year-old woman and a four-year-old boy from Mohali, a 25-year-old man from Kharar, a 27-year-old man from Mubarikpur, two men, aged 23 and 62, from Baltana, a 52-year-old man from Badala, a 59-year-old man from Phase 4, a 22-year-old woman from Kumbra, a 35-year-old woman from Sector 97 and a 50-year-old man from Sector 88. — TNS