Haryana on Tuesday recorded 534 fresh Covid-19 cases which took the state’s tally to 258731 while 10 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 2842.
According to the state’s Health Department bulletin, “Of the latest fatalities, two each were reported in Rewari and Jhajjar and one each from Gurugram, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Panipat, Ambala, Bhiwani. A maximum of 92 fresh cases were reported in Gurugram followed by 69 in Faridabad. Active cases in the state currently stand at 5387 while the recovery rate is 96.82 per cent, the bulletin stated. 250502 patients including 662 in the last 24 hours have recovered from the virus and been discharged from hospitals in the state. According to the bulletin, the fatality rate is recorded at 1.10 percent in Haryana. The case-doubling rate in Haryana stood at 82 days and COVID positive rate was 6.06 per cent. As many as 42.74 lakh samples have been tested till date in Haryana, it added.
56 CASES, 2 DEATHS IN CHANDIGARH
The union territory of Chandigarh reported two COVID-19 related fatalities as 56 positive cases surfaced on Tuesday. According to the Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin, the death toll reached 312 while the total case tally was recorded at 19184.
There were 364 active cases in the city till the evening. 79 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours pushing the total number of recoveries to 18508, the bulletin said.
Among 56 fresh cases, 27 were males and 29 were females. A maximum of eight cases were reported in Sector 26 in the last 24 hours.
Till now, 1.70 lakh samples have been tested in the city. 1352 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the bulletin added.