91-year-old woman from city’s Sector 15, six others from Bapu Dham Colony test positive

The 91-year-old’s son says family cannot foot the bill for Covid treatment at Max.

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A 91-year-old woman from Sector 15 in Chandigarh, along with six other residents from hotspot Bapu Dham colony, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday.

The senior citizen was admitted to Max Hospital on May 24 for a surgery to correct her femur fracture, however, tested positive for COVID-19 late Wednesday evening, following which she was shifted to the hospital’s isolation ICU ward. The tally of COVID-19 cases in the UT stands at 289 at present.