The number of patients of Covid-19 in Haryana climbed to 108,952 on Saturday with the State Health department reporting 2691 fresh cases of the disease.
The authorities also reported the death of 28 patients which increased the death toll to 1120 in the State. On a positive note the health department discharged 2272 patients of the disease from different hospitals of the State after their recovery from the disease.
A total of 86,150 patients have so far got cured from Covid-19 infection. The percentage recovery for Covid-19 patients in the State is 79.07. Out of the total samples tested 6.62 percent have tested positive for the disease with a doubling rate of 26 days.
Of the 28 fresh deaths, five were reported from Panchkula; three each from Gurugram and Ambala; two each from Faridabad, Jind, Yamunanagar, Sirsa, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Rohtak, and one each from Panipat, Hisar and Bhiwani, according to the State health department’s daily bulletin.
Among the districts which reported a big spike in cases include Gurugram (360), Faridabad (290), Ambala (220), Panipat (164), Panchkula (162), Hisar (151), Sonepat (149),, Rohtak (147), Kurukshetra (119), Karnal, (119) and Sirsa (118), Rewari (101), .
Meanwhile, Haryana’s previous record of highest single-day spike of 2783 witnessed on September 12 followed by 2694 on September 16, 2591 on September 10 and 2526 on September 13.
Among the 1,120 fatalities, 778 are males and the rest females. The State has 21,682 active cases. As of
Saturday, the State has a fatality rate at 1.03 per cent, according to the bulletin.
SIX MORE COVID-19 DEATHS, 290 FRESH CASES IN CHANDIGARH
Six more people lost their lives to Covid-19 in UT of Chandigarh on Saturday as 290 fresh infections surfaced, taking the number of cases to 9,796 in the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. So far, coronavirus has claimed 116 lives in the union territory, according to a medical bulletin.
Meanwhile, a total of 351 patients have been discharged including persons from home isolation who have completed 10 days and are asymptomatic. There are 2911 active cases in the city as of now, it said. A total of 60, 311 samples have been taken for testing till now and of these, 50, 164 tested negative while reports of 143 are awaited, the bulletin said.