Twenty-three more people succumbed to the Covid-19 in Haryana, bringing the death toll to 2699, while 1065 fresh cases pushed the state's infection tally to 2,50,394 on Friday.
The new fatalities included four each in Hisar and Mahendergarh; three each in Gurugram, Faridabad; two each in Sonepat, Jind; one each in Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Yamunanagar and Ambala districts, the state Health Department's daily bulletin said.
Among the districts which reported a big spike in COVID-19 cases included Gurugram (296) and Faridabad (211). Haryana has 10,686 active cases and a COVID-19 recovery rate of 94.65 per cent, according to the bulletin.
The neighboring Punjab reported 29 more deaths due to COVID-19 which pushed the death toll to 5036 while 549 new cases took the infection count to 159099.Five deaths were reported in Amritsar, four each in Bathinda, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, three each in Ludhiana and one each in Fazilka, Hoshairpur, SAS Nagar, Mansa, Tarn Taran, Patiala, Pathankot, Ropar and Kapurthala, according to the state’s medical bulletin.
There are 7,286 active COVID-19 cases in the state.
Ludhiana reported a maximum of 97 fresh cases followed by 76 in SAS Nagar and 67 in Ludhiana, the bulletin stated. 14 critical patients are on ventilator support, while 133 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said.
A total of 3368629 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it added.
Chd reports one death, 92 fresh cases
The union territory of Chandigarh reported one death and 92 fresh COVID cases on Friday.
With this, the total case tally reached 18502 while the death toll jumped to 299.
The city has 838 active COVID-19 cases, according to the Chandigarh Health Department’s bulletin.
A total of 134 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 17365. So far, 158516 samples have been taken for testing and of them, 139166 tested negative while reports of 157 samples were awaited, the bulletin added.