With 12 fresh fatalities due to Covid-19, Haryana's death toll rose to 646 on Thursday. During the last 24 hours, the State reported 1293 new cases, taking the state's tally to 59,298. The 24-hour period also saw 1077 people recovering from the virus. With this the cumulative recoveries rose to 48,690. The recovery rate in the State stands at 82.11 per cent while the State now has 9962 active cases.
According to the health department's daily bulletin, as of Thursday, the rate of doubling of infections was 34 days. Out of 12, two fatalities each were reported from Rewari, Panchkula and Kurukshetra while one each from Karnal, Jhajjar, Nuh, Faridabad, Gurugram and Rohtak. The infection rate in the State is now at 5.69 percent.
Faridabad’s Covid-19 tally now stood at 12,189, highest in the State with the reporting of 96 fresh Covid-19 cases, followed by Gurugram at 11, 443 with 141 new cases on the day. Sonepat recorded 123 fresh cases of the disease while 75 in Rewari, 71 in Ambala, 47 in Rohtak, 79 in Panipat, 37 in Karnal, 61 in Hisar, 94 in Panchkula, 63 in Mahendergarh, 46 in Bhiwani, 45 in Kurukshetra, 47 in Sirsa, 81 in Yamunanagar, 47 in Fatehabad and 62 in Kaithal, according to the bulletin. As many as 10.51 lakh samples have been sent for testing while the tests per million population stands at 41, 467, the bulletin stated.
UNION MINISTER GURJAR TESTS POSITIVE
Faridabad MP and Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Pal Gurjar on Thursday tested positive for Covid. In his tweet, the 63-year-old MP from Faridabad requested all those who came in contact with him recently to get themselves tested for coronavirus. Gurjar said he took some health problems seriously and got himself tested for coronavirus.
Earlier, BJP MPs from Karnal, Hisar and Kurukshetra, Sanjay Bhatia, Brijendra Singh and Nayab Singh Saini- had tested positive for coronavirus. Eight BJP MLAs from Haryana have also tested positive for coronavirus which includes Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, State Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma and Agriculture Minister J P Dalal. All have been undergoing covid treatment.
HARYANA BANS PUBLIC ENTRY IN SECRETARIAT
In view of the increasing risk of COVID-19 spread, Haryana Government on Thursday decided to restrict the entry of all visitors in Haryana Civil Secretariat except Government officials residing in Tricity till further orders. An official spokesperson said that in this regard a letter has been issued by the Chief Secretary’s Office to all the Ministers, State Ministers, Secretaries and all the Government officers. At the same time, all citizens and officials/employees have been urged to cooperate with the government in its efforts to curb the spread of the pandemic, he added.