Yet again, Haryana on Saturday continued to battle a surge in infections with 355 new cases of novel corona virus, the highest in a day so far, raising the total of infected cases to 3,952. Of the 355 new cases reported, 129 are from Gurugram alone while Sonepat accounted for 89 cases, followed by 39 new cases in Faridabad.
In the last 24 hours, 71 patients have recovered from various hospitals of the State, a health bulletin said. The State has a recovery rate of 32.39 per cent, fatality rate at 0.61 per cent while tests per million being conducted are 5,589. The doubling rate in the State is six days. With 1,280 people cured and discharged from the hospitals, there are 2,648 active Covid-19 cases in Haryana now.
Gurugram reported 129 new cases of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 1692. Faridabad reported 39 new cases, taking the total in the district to 620. Sonepat reported 89 new cases, taking tally to 350.
Ambala reported four new Covid cases, taking tally to 80. Palwal reported 19 more cases, taking total to 119. Five more cases were reported in Panipat, taking total to 72. Jind reported three more cases, taking the tally to 38. 10 more cases reported in Karnal, taking total to 91. Yamunanagar reported 10 more cases, taking the total to 19. One new case reported in Sirsa, taking count to 51.