Chandigarh, September 12

Six persons died of Covid in the city today while 250 contracted the virus, taking the UT toll to 89 and tally to 7,542.

The youngest of the victims is a 17-year-old girl from Dhanas, who was suffering from typhoid, vitamin B12 deficiency, anaemia and pneumonitis. She was brought dead at the GMSH-16.

A 59-year-old man from Maloya, a case of diabetes mellitus and severe acute respiratory illness, died of Covid at the GMSH-16. A 54-year-old man from Sector 39, who had tested positive, breathed his last at a hospital in Sector 48. He was also suffering from diabetes mellitus.

A 66-year-old man from Sector 56 succumbed to the virus at the PGI today. He was suffering from chronic subdural haemorrhage. A 48-year-old woman from Behlana, who suffered from hypertension, severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) and acute kidney injury, and a 43-year-old man from Maloya, a SARI patient, died at the GMCH-32. The city saw 264 recoveries today. — TNS