Chandigarh

28 fatalities, 1,818 fresh cases reported in Haryana

PNS

The tally of COVID-19 patients in Haryana mounted to 1,13,075 on Monday as 1,818 fresh positive cases surfaced in the State.

Deaths of 28 patients were also reported due to the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours after which the death toll from the disease jumped to 1177. On a positive note, the authorities discharged 2187 patients from different hospitals of the state after their recovery on the day.

A total of 90, 884 patients have so far recovered from the disease and the recovery percentage in the state is 80.37. The infection rate (IR) in the state has increased to 6.65 percent with a doubling rate of 27 days, stated Haryana Health Department’s bulletin.

Of the 28 fresh deaths, four each were reported from Jind and Panipat; three each from Panchkula, Kurukshetra; two each from Hisar, Sirsa, Yamunanagar, and Kaithal; one each from Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak, Karnal, Mahindergarh and Nuh.

Among the districts which reported a big spike in cases include Gurugram (314), Faridabad (251), Karnal, (104), Hisar (104), Kurukshetra (99), Rohtak (96), Ambala (92), Sirsa (89), Rewari (82), Panipat (79), Sonepat (68) and Panchkula (50).

The state has 21,014 active cases. As on Monday, Haryana reported the fatality rate at 1.04 per cent, according to the bulletin.