128 people succumbed to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Haryana taking the death toll to 7735 on Tuesday. The state witnessed more than 100 fatalities after a gap of three days and the fatality rate now stands at 1.04 percent.
2817 fresh infections were reported taking the cumulative case tally to 744602 in the state. 6720 people also recovered from the virus taking the total recoveries to 702779, as per the health bulletin. Highest 295 fresh cases were reported in Hisar followed by 220 in Gurugram, 208 in Sirsa, 205 in Rewari among other cases.
In the last 24 hours, a maximum of 16 deaths were reported in Hisar district followed by 11 deaths in Jhajjar. Nine deaths were reported in Rohtak, eight each in Panipat, Gurugram, Karnal and Bhiwani among other fatalities. Hisar has so far reported the highest number of 793 deaths due to COVID-19 followed by 771 in Gurugram, the bulletin said.
The state's active cases were recorded at 34088. Till date, more than 87.87 lakh samples have been tested in Haryana.
258 NEW CASES, 5 DEATHS IN CHANDIGARH
The coronavirus death toll in Chandigarh reached 714 on Tuesday with five more Covid-19 related fatalities, while 258 fresh infections took the infection tally to 58,992, according to a medical bulletin. A total of 618 more patients were cured and there are 4063 active cases in the city now. The total number of samples tested in the last 24 hours was 2966 while the overall number of tests conducted was 491,148.