In yet another day of a major spike in Covid-19 cases, 168 cases were reported on Sunday, taking Haryana’s tally to 2091.
A day before, 202 positive cases were reported in the state. Haryana has so far reported 20 Coronavirus related fatalities.
“Out of 53 fresh cases, 97 were reported from Gurugram, 28 from Faridabad, 20 from Bhiwani, 9 from Hisar 4 each from Ambala and Kurukshetra, 2 each from Narnual and Karnal, one each from Palwal and Panipat,” according to the state Health Department’s evening bulletin.
The total active Covid-19 patients in the state are 1023 while 1048 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals, as per the state’s health bulletin.
On May 18, Haryana’s total count of Covid patients had reached 928, out of which 316 were active patients. However, on May 31, the total count crossed 2000 with 1023 active cases.
The worst-affected districts of the state with the maximum number of positive cases are Gurugram with 774 cases, Faridabad with 367 cases and Sonepat with 199.
Gurugram, the worst-hit by Coronavirus in Haryana, has reported 369 Covid-19 patients in the last three days, surpassing the total number of cases recorded in the last two months. The total cases in Gurugram stood at 774 on Sunday.
Gurugam had recorded its biggest single-day jump in the number of Covid-19 cases on Saturday with 157 new patients testing positive for the highly infectious illness in 24 hours.
About 70 per cent of the cases in Haryana are from the districts adjoining the national capital, which has the third highest number of Covid-19 cases in India, the state's Health Minister Anil Vij had said earlier this week, insisting that state borders should remain closed.
As many as 1.18 lakh samples have been tested till date in Haryana. The report of 4338 samples is awaited, the state’s bulletin stated.
The Covid-19 positive rate stood at 1.84 percent, recovery rate at 50.12 percent and doubling rate of Coronavirus cases at 9 days on Sunday in Haryana, it stated. Meanwhile, more than 52.43 lakh persons have so far downloaded Aarogya Setu App in Haryana.
4 NEW CASES IN CHANDIGARH
Four Covid-19 positive cases including of a foreign returnee was reported in Chandigarh on Sunday. The total number of positive cases now stood at 293 in the city.
“A 27 years old female, who returned from Canada (Toronto) and is in an institutional quarantine has tested positive for Covid-19. She was studying in Canada while her family resides in Chandigarh. She has three family members here,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
After her return, she is quarantined at Hotel Mountview here. As per the Central guidelines, those flying from abroad will have to serve 14-day mandatory quarantine including seven-day paid institutional quarantine at their own cost, followed by seven days of isolation at home. More than 100 persons have reached Chandigarh from abroad, out of which 29 have been discharged after necessary testing till now.
Other positive cases reported were from Bapu Dham colony and Khuda Ali Sher.
With two more cases, the Bapu Dham colony, a containment zone has till now reported 218 positive persons, which accounts for more than 74 percent out of the total cases in the city.
The colony in Sector 26 here has an approximate population of 60000 people.
“The total cases stood at 293 while the active cases are 90 in Chandigarh. 199 patients have so far being declared cured of Coronavirus and discharged from the hospital, the bulletin said. 4785 samples have been tested till now while report of 13 is awaited, it added.