Haryana on Wednesday witnessed 1,952 fresh Coivd-19 cases, bringing the infection tally to 1,74,082, while the death toll from the disease rose to 1836 in the State with 19 more fatalities, according to a medical bulletin.
Among the districts which reported a spike in Covid-19 cases included Gurugram (611), Faridabad (359) and Hisar (302), Sirsa (105), Sonepat (81), Rohtak (75), Bhiwani (71), Mahendergarh (61), Rewari (57), Jhajjar (52).
Of the new fatalities, four were from Faridabad, three each from Gurugram, Hisar, Rohtak and two each from Rewari, Bhiwani, Jind, according to the state health department’s daily bulletin. The State has an active case count of 14,110, positivity rate at 6.37 per cent, fatality rate at 1.05 per cent while doubling rate is 54 days and the rate of recovery from the infection is 90.84 per cent.
A total of 1161 Covid-19 patients were released from the hospitals in the state, taking the total count to 158,136, the bulletin said.
PUNJAB REPORTS 14 DEATHS, 527 NEW CASES
Punjab on Monday recorded 14 COVID-19 related fatalities and 527 fresh positive cases. With this, the total toll reached 4259 while the total infections stood at 135313 in the state, according to Punjab’s health bulletin.
In the last 24 hours, the state reported 14 casualties including three in Ludhiana, two each in Pathankot, Ropar and Sangrur and one each in Fazilka, Kapurthala, Muktsar, Patiala and Tarn Taran.
Among the fresh cases, Jalandhar reported the maximum of 81 cases, followed by 69 in Bathinda, 53 in SAS Nagar, 45 in Fazilka, 36 in Patiala, 30 in Pathankot, 22 in Amritsar, 21 in Hoshiarpur, 20 in Faridkot, 18 in Sangrur, 13 in Kapurthala among other cases, the bulletin stated. As per the media bulletin, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries in Punjab has increased to 126583 after 268 new recoveries were reported from the state on Wednesday.
The state now has 4471 active cases. Of the 4259 COVID fatalities in the state so far, a maximum of 843 deaths have been registered in Ludhiana district, 473 in Jalandhar, 460 in Amritsar, 382 in Patiala, 238 in SAS Nagar, 168 each in Sangrur and Kapurthala, 215 in Hoshiarpur, 152 in Bathinda, 200 in Gurdaspur, as per the bulletin. Till date, 2669626 samples have been tested in the state, it added.
ONE DEATH, 94 FRESH CASES IN CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh reported one COVID-19 fatality as 94 fresh positive cases surfaced on Wednesday. “The total positive cases stood at 14702 including 671 active cases. The death toll reached 229,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
With 51 patients being discharged including persons from home isolation in the last 24 hours, the total recoveries jumped to 13802, the bulletin stated. In the last 24 hours, a maximum of eight positive cases were reported in Manimajra. The fresh cases were reported in Sectors 7, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, Sector 38 west, Behlana, Burail, Dadumajra, Dhanas, Industrial Area phase I, Maloya and Sarangpur.
110989 samples have been tested in the city so far. 906 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the report of 101 was awaited, the bulletin added.