The total number of COVID-19 positive cases crossed 23000-mark in Haryana on Wednesday with the State reporting 678 fresh cases. The total number of positive cases in the State stood at 23306 which include 5320 active cases.
Only a day before, the State had witnessed its biggest single-day spike with 699 positive cases. In the past few days, Haryana continued to witness spike in COVID-19 positive cases with 658 reported on July 12 and 689 cases on July 13.
Seven deaths have also been reported in the last 24 hours taking the total toll to 319 in the state.
“Out of 678 fresh cases, 216 were reported from Faridabad, 82 from Gurugram, 66 from Sonepat, 36 from Rohtak, 19 from Karnal, 34 from Hisar, 33 in Ambala, 25 in Rewari among other cases,” stated Haryana Health Department’s evening bulletin.
Of the seven deaths, three from Faridabad, one each from Gurugram, Bhiwani, Panipat and Nuh have been reported in the last 24 hours in the state, the bulletin stated.
With 319 deaths so far, the fatality rate is recorded at 1.37 percent in Haryana. The case-doubling rate in Haryana stood at 21 days, COVID positive rate at 5.91 per cent, recovery rate recorded at 75.80 percent, according to the health bulletin.
Till date, 17667 patients including 577 in the last 24 hours have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals in the state. There are a total of 5320 active cases in Haryana. Among critical COVID-19 patients, 64 patients are on oxygen support while 11 are on ventilator in the state, the bulletin added.
Meanwhile, the cases continued to surge in the worst-affected districts of Gurugram, Faridabad and Sonepat in the state.
The total number of cases in the worst-affected Gurugram district were 7208 and 110 fatalities have been reported till Wednesday. Faridabad has recorded 58881 cases and 104 deaths while Sonepat with 2170 cases has recorded 24 deaths. As many as four lakh samples have been tested till date in Haryana. The report of 5499 samples is awaited, it added.
Notably, the Home Minister Anil Vij had a day before hinted at imposing strict restrictions in the worst affected districts to stem the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Commenting on the surge of cases in four districts namely Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat and Jhajjar which are in close proximity of Delhi, he had said that we are considering imposition of curfew in these four districts.