12 fatalities due to COVID-19 were reported in Haryana as 8847 fresh infections surfaced on Wednesday. Six deaths were reported in Karnal, two in Gurugram and one each in Sonipat, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Kurukshetra in the last 24 hours, according to the state’s health bulletin. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 19.99 percent in Haryana. Gurugram, the worst affected district in the state reported the highest 2918 fresh cases followed by 1285 cases in Faridabad. Among other districts, 649 new cases were reported in Sonipat, 593 in Ambala, 452 in Panchkula, 437 in Karnal, 430 in Hisar, 321 in Rohtak. The active cases jumped to 59344 in the state with Gurugram reporting highest 24163 such cases.
Punjab reports 27 deaths, 7849 new cases
Punjab reported 27 fatalities and 7849 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. According to the state’s health bulletin, six deaths each were reported in Amritsar and Ludhiana, five in Jalandhar, two each in Bathinda, Gurdaspur, SAS Nagar, Sangrur and one death in Hoshiarpur.
The daily positivity rate of 18.94 percent was recorded in the state. The state’s COVID-19 tally has reached 684664, while the state’s death toll stood at 16846, the bulletin stated. Ludhiana reported the highest number of 1325 fresh cases recording the positivity rate of 25.74 percent. SAS Nagar reported 1232 cases and a positivity rate of 35.32 percent. 888 fresh cases were reported in Jalandhar, 643 in Hoshiarpur, 471 in Amritsar, 418 in Patiala, 414 in Bathinda, 330 in Ropar. There were 45505 active cases in the state. Among them, 773 were on oxygen support, 232 in critical care facilities and 53 on ventilator support, the bulletin said.
Seven deaths, 3148 Covid cases reported in Himachal
Seven persons died due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Himachal taking the death toll to 3892 in the state. Two deaths were reported in Chamba district, one each in Shimla, Hamirpur, Una, Kangra and Solan. A 105-year old female in Kangra district died due to COVID, according to Himachal’s health bulletin. The state also reported 3148 fresh COVID infections taking the total number of cases to 252042. The highest number of 650 fresh cases were reported in Solan district. Among other districts, 497 cases were reported in Kangra, 421 in Shimla, 361in Mandi, 258 in Una, 240 in Sirmaur, 226 in Hamirpur, the state’s bulletin said.
1502 new cases and two deaths reported in Chandigarh
After two days of decline, Chandigarh on Wednesday reported 1502 new cases of Covid-19 up from 1,275 cases reported a day earlier. On January 17, 864 new Covid-19 infections were reported in the city.
According to the UT medical bulletin, a positivity rate of 25.91 per cent was recorded in the last 24 hours as 5,797 samples were tested. The bulletin stated that two more deaths were reported in the city.