Haryana on Monday continued to battle a surge in infections with 406 new cases of coronavirus, raising the total of infected cases to 4854.
Of the 406 new cases reported, 243 are from Gurugram alone while Faridabad accounted for 97 cases, the second highest district of the State followed by 15 new cases in Rohtak.
The State on Monday also reported 11 Covid-19 deaths while 226 patients recovered from various hospitals of the State over the last 24 hours.
Haryana has a recovery rate of 35.02 per cent, fatality rate at 0.80 per cent while tests per million being conducted are 5,926. The doubling rate in the State is six days. As many as 20 Covid-19 positive patients are critically ill and have been put on oxygen support while 14 patients on ventilator, said the officials.
With 1700 people have been cured and discharged from the hospitals, there are 3115 active Covid-19 cases in Haryana now.
Gurugram reported 243 new cases of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 2165. Faridabad reported 97 new cases, taking the total in the district to 773. Sonepat reported 13 new cases, taking the tally to 436. Two new cases have been reported in Jhajjar, taking tally to 111.
Ambala reported eight new Covid cases, taking tally to 95. Palwal reported five more cases, taking total to 129. Two more corona virus cases were reported in Panipat, taking total to 85. Jind reported three more cases, taking the tally to 42. One more case was reported in Panchkula, taking the total to 34. Six more cases were reported in Karnal, taking total to 105.
FOUR MORE DEATHS, 55 NEW CASES IN PUNJAB
Four more people, including an eight-month-old boy, died of Covid-19 in Punjab as 55 new cases of the infection pushed the state's tally to 2663, officials said on Monday. Three of the four deaths were reported in Amritsar, which is leading the State Covid tally with the maximum number of cases so far.
An eight-month-old baby died at a Amritsar hospital on Monday evening, the officials said, adding that the boy was seriously ill and had fever, cough and loose motions. The other two fatalities in Amritsar were a 60-year-old man who was suffering from diabetes and hypertension, and a 78-year-old man who was also a diabetic, they said. A 46-year-old Patiala man died of the disease on Sunday. He was also a patient of diabetes, the officials said.
However, the medical bulletin recorded the deaths of the 60-year-old Amritsar resident and the 46-year-old Patiala man, thus mentioning the toll in the state as 53.
Of the new cases, 14 were reported in Jalandhar, 12 in Amritsar, nine in Ludhiana, five in Patiala, three each in SBS Nagar and Pathankot, two each in Faridkot, Mohali and Sangrur and one case each was recorded in Fazilka, Gurdaspur and Moga, as per the bulletin.
Eight of the fresh cases contracted the infection outside Punjab, it said.
Twenty-two more coronavirus patients were discharged from various hospitals in the state, taking the number of those cured to 2,128, the bulletin stated.
There are 482 active cases in the state as of now.
HIMACHAL HAS 3 NEW CASES, TALLY RISES TO 415
Three more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Monday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 415. Solan district reported two cases, while Sirmaur one, Special Secretary (Health) Nipun Jindal said. Four people recovered from the disease, two in Solan and one each in Sirmaur and Hamirpur district, taking the number of recoveries to 226.
The number of active cases in the hill state stands at 183 and fatalities at six. Hamirpur has the highest number of active cases in the state at 54, followed by 49 in Kangra, 16 in Solan, 14 in Chamba, 13 in Una, 10 each in Bilaspur and Mandi, eight in Sirmaur, four in Shimla, three in Kullu, and two in Kinnaur.
SIX POSITIVE CASES IN CHANDIGARH
Six more positive cases of Coronavirus were reported in Chandigarh on Monday taking the total number to 320. Three cases were reported from Bapu Dham colony while one case each was reported from Sector 41, Daria village and Manimajra, the health bulletin said.
The total number of cases stood at 320. 11 residents of BDC were treated, cured and discharged from Covid Care Centre Sood Dharamshala and have been shifted to Post Discharge Quarantine facility at Sood Dharmshala, the bulletin added.