Sixteen persons were tested positive for Covid-19 in Haryana on Sunday, taking the total tally to 181 in the State.
Among the fresh cases reported on Sunday, seven of the total 16 fresh cases were from the worst-hit Nuh district. Kurukshetra district, which had so far remained Covid-19 free, reported two cases.
Among other districts, Yamunanagar reported three cases, Faridabad two cases while Jind and Karnal reported one case each.
Out of total positive cases, the total number of active Covid-19 cases in the State now stands at 149, as per the State Health Department's daily bulletin. 30 people have been discharged from the hospital after recovery. The State has recorded two Covid-19 related deaths so far.
Among the total coronavirus cases reported in Haryana, 10 are foreign nationals while 64 are from other states, as per the bulletin. The worst affected districts of the state with maximum number of positive cases are Nuh (45), Gurugram (32), Faridabad (31) and Palwal (29).
A day before, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had said that four districts including Gurugram, which have reported the maximum number of coronavirus cases will be declared "red zones", meaning stricter restrictions will placed in the areas to check the spread of the virus.
The four districts -Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh and Palwal- account for more than 100 cases out of the 181 cases reported in the state. Many areas in these districts have already been declared containment zones.
As per the state’s bulletin, out of total 181 confirmed cases, 10 are foreign nationals i.e. 6 are from Sri Lanka, 1 each from Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia and South Africa and 64 are from other states (11 Uttar Pradesh, 10 Himachal Pradesh, 7 Tamilnadu, 4 West Bengal, 5 Kerala, 8 Bihar, 2 Telangana, 2 Andhra Pradesh, 1 Punjab, 1 Karnataka, 1 Chennai, 1 Assam, 2 Madhya Pradesh, 6 Maharashtra and 3 Jammu & Kashmir)
As many as 3903 samples have been tested so far, out of which 2513 have tested negative. However, report of 1209 samples is still pending.