As many as 202 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Haryana on Saturday, taking the tally to 1,923. Of the 202 new cases reported on Saturday, 157 are from Gurugram alone. Faridabad accounted for 32 cases, the second highest district of the State.
The State has a recovery rate of 50.49 per cent, fatality rate at 1.04 per cent while tests per million being conducted are 4,524. The doubling rate in the State is 11 days. As per the Health bulletin, 20 deaths have been reported so far in the State. With 971 people cured and discharged from the hospitals, there are 932 active Covid-19 cases in Haryana now.
Meanwhile, the district health authorities in Hisar, on Saturday, home quarantined 11 members of a court, including a judge, court reader, two stenographers, three ‘ahalmads’, two peons, a naib court and an additional district attorney (ADA), after an undertrial was tested positive in the Central Jail number one in Hisar on Friday.
Gurugram reported 157 new cases of the disease, taking the total in the district to 677. Faridabad reported 32 new case of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 339. Sonepat has reported so far 199 cases while 97 in Jhajjar.
Two more corona virus cases reported in Nuh, taking total to 70. Ambala reported three more cases, taking the tally to 50. One more case reported in Paniat, taking total to 61.
Rohtak reported one more case, taking count to 31. Two more cases have been reported in Karnal, taking total to 50. Three more cases reported in Fatehabad, talking total to 15. One more case has been reported in Kaithal, taking total to 18.
According to officials, a total of 31 Covid patients were discharged from various districts including 15 in Faridabad, four in Sonepat, two in Jhajjar, one in Panipat, six in Jind, one in Kaithal and two foreign (USA) returnees.