Haryana on Tuesday reported 2,546 fresh novel coronavirus cases taking the caseload in the State to 1,87,777 while 16 more fatalities took the Covid-19 related death toll to 1,935, a health bulletin stated. Of the latest fatalities, four were from Faridabad, three each from Gurugram, Sirsa, Bhiwani while two deaths were reported from Fatehabad and one from Jind district, according to the state health department’s daily bulletin. Among the districts which reported a big spike in cases included Gurugram (714), Faridabad (512), Hisar (191), Rohtak (142), Rewari (112) and Bhiwani (111). Active cases in the state currently are 17,421 while the recovery rate was 89.69 percent.
FOUR DEATHS, 90 CASES IN CHANDIGARH
Four city residents succumbed to the COVID-19 as 90 fresh positive cases were reported in Chandigarh on Tuesday. “The death toll reached 241 and the total case tally stood at 15339 in Chandigarh”, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
According to the bulletin, “There were 922 active cases till the evening. 66 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 14176. The recovery rate increased to 92.4 percent while the active ratio of cases was recorded at 6 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 6 are currently infected in the city. 118279 samples have so far been tested in the city. A total of 1440 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. A day before, three COVID-19 related fatalities and 115 cases were reported in the city.