A 55-year-old COVID-19 patient from Chatamli village in Punjab's Ropar died on Wednesday. The state reported seven more cases on Wednesday taking the total number of coronavirus positive cases to 106.
"The patient, M 55, from Chatamli village, Tehsil Morinda, who had tested positive for COVID-19, has expired," Special Chief Secretary in Punjab government, KBS Sidhu tweeted.
The special Chief Secretary said the protocol for handling the body under COVID-19 is being followed.
The man was diabetic and with a history of hypertension.
According to the state government's health bulletin on Wednesday four cases were reported from Mohali (SAS Nagar), 2 cases were reported from Jalandhar and one from Faridkot.
Till Wednesday Punjab had reported a total of 8 deaths.
India's tally of COVID-19 positive cases rose to 5,274, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday. 4,714 are active cases while 410 have been cured or discharged and one has migrated.
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