An 81-year-old resident of Panchkula succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday, turning into the third virus-related fatality within the tricity prior to now three weeks.

The affected person lived in Bhowanli, Raipur Rani, Panchkula. He was additionally affected by persistent kidney illness, benign prostatic hyperplasia, osteoarthritis, GERD and meningioma.

The tricity had final recorded a Covid dying on April 7, when an 81-year-old man died in Chandigarh. Before this, on March 26, an 88-year-old man from Sector 14, Chandigarh, had misplaced the battle to the virus. Both sufferers additionally had comorbidities.

Meanwhile, 135 individuals examined optimistic for the virus within the tricity on Saturday, down from 175 on Friday. Chandigarh recorded 47 instances for the second consecutive day, whereas Mohali reported 56 instances, surpassing the day gone by’s rely of fifty. In Panchkula, the tally dipped from 73 to 32.

The contemporary infections prompted tricity’s lively instances to climb from 828 to 880 prior to now 24 hours. Mohali has 337 optimistic sufferers, Panchkula 303 and Chandigarh 240.