Haryana on Sunday reported 7177 fresh positive cases and 29 fatalities due to Covid-19.
The fresh infections have led to a huge jump in active cases which stood at 42217 while the total caseload reached 356971. The death toll reached 3415 in the state.
A day before, the state had reported the highest single-day spike at 7717 cases and 32 deaths, highest ever since the pandemic began.
According to the state’s Health Department’s bulletin, four deaths were reported in Kaithal, three deaths each in Faridabad, Hisar, Yamunanagar, Jind, two fatalities each in Fatehabad, Bhiwani, Sirsa, Gurugram, Ambala, Karnal and one in Kurukshetra in the last 24 hours.
Among COVID-19 patients, there were 524 critical patients in the state out of which 421 were on oxygen support while 113 were on ventilators.
The worst affected Gurugram district recorded the highest number of fresh infections at 2401 on Sunday. Among other worst affected districts, Faridabad reported 998 fresh cases, Sonepat 573, Hisar 521, Karnal 501, Ambala 221, Sirsa 214. Panipat 208, as per the bulletin.
In Gurugram, the active cases jumped to 12195, the highest in the state. There were 5197 active cases in Faridabad, 3205 in Karnal, 2981 in Sonepat, 2417 in Hisar, 1941 in Ambala.
In the last 24 hours, 3489 patients recovered from the virus taking the total recoveries to 311339 in the state.
The COVID positive rate was recorded at 5.23 percent while the recovery rate has declined to 87.22 percent. The fatality rate was recorded at 0.96 percent in the state.
Over 68.53 lakh samples have been tested till date in Haryana.
Hooda and his wife tested COVID positive
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his wife Asha Hooda tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.
The 73-year-old Congress leader and his wife are in Delhi. Hooda reportedly had mild fever on Saturday following which he and his wife got themselves tested for COVID-19.
On Friday, another senior Congress leader from the state, Randeep Singh Surjewala, had also tested COVID-19 positive. Last year Hooda’s son and Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda had also contracted COVID-19.
After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, several top politicians from Haryana have contracted the infection.
They include Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, his deputy Dushyant Chautala, state Home Minister Anil Vij and a few other ministers and Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta.