Even though Haryana has witnessed an increase in the Covid-19 cases, the State has also witnessed a positive trend as far as recoveries are concerned. The State has recorded a recovery rate of 83.32 per cent so far and a total of 34,031 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the State till date. The doubling rate of cases improved to 28 days on Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, with 789 fresh cases, the Covid-19 tally in the State reached 40,843 on Saturday. Seven deaths pushed the toll to 474. The number of tests so far crossed the 7.30 lakh mark with 28,798 tests per million. The fatality rate was at 1.16 per cent.
According to a Health department bulletin, two fatality each was reported in Bhiwani and Kaithal while one each in Palwal, Jind and Faridabad. In Haryana as many as 474 people have died of Covid-19 till date. There were 6338 active cases in the State while 587 patients got recovered or discharged in the last 24 hours from different hospitals of the State.
Meanwhile, Faridabad continued to report the highest number of cases as the district saw 149 fresh infections followed by Panipat where 126 people were tested positive. Other districts where new cases were recorded include Gurugram (99) Ambala (88), Panchkula (61), Rewari (69), Hisar (36) and Mahindergarh (32).