With 18 fresh cases, Haryana’s Covid-19 tally jumped to 250 on Sunday.
Nine new positive cases were reported from Faridabad, four each from Gurugram and Ambala and one from Bhiwani.
“The coronavirus count rose to 250 in Haryana with 18 more people, including a jail warder and a health worker, testing positive for the infection on Sunday,” according to the state Health Department’s evening bulletin.
The jail warden posted in Gurugram’s Bhondsi jail tested positive for the infection after he returned from leave. The warden was on leave since April 9 and had visited his hometown in Bhiwani. He was tested for the infection when he showed its symptoms on joining duty.
An auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) who worked in a containment zone in Ambala was also tested positive for the infection.
Ambala chief medical officer Dr Kuldeep Singh said the other three patients from the district were members of a family which lived at Sahjadpur village near Ambala City.
He said they were taking treatment from a Panchkula doctor, who had earlier failed to inform the authorities about a coronavirus positive woman, whose eight members of family also tested positive for the disease a few days ago.
The Ambala authorities have collected the list of all those who had got themselves treated from the doctor.
According to the state’s health bulletin, the total active Covid-19 patients in the State are 144 while 104 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
The state has so far recorded two coronavirus deaths.
The worst-affected districts of the State with the maximum number of positive cases are Nuh with 57 cases, Faridabad with 42 cases, Gurugram with 36 cases and Palwal with 34.
As many as 12,687 samples have been tested so far, of which 10,230 have tested negative. However, the report of 2,221 samples is awaited.
The total number of cases includes 24 foreign nationals, of which 14 were the Italian tourists. Thirteen of them were discharged while one elderly woman in the group had passed away recently even though she had recovered from the infection.
The other 10 foreign nationals found infected with the virus are from countries Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia while 64 are from other states, the bulletin stated.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Anil Vij said 19,663 teams have been constituted for the door-to-door screening of people.
“If anyone shows Covid-19 symptoms like fever, cough, cold, their samples will be taken,” he said.
To stop the spread of Covid-19, containment orders have already been issued by concerned District Magistrates or Deputy Commissioners in 39 villages or colonies in Nuh, 17 villages in Palwal, 8 villages in Sonepat, 5 villages in Karnal, 13 villages in Faridabad, 2 villages in Bhiwani, 4 villages in Charkhi Dadri, 18 villages in Gurugram, 1 village in Jind, 2 villages in Fatehabad, 1 village in Panipat, 1 village in Kaithal, 1 village in Jhajjar, 3 villages in Panchkula, 2 villages in Sirsa, 1 village in Hisar, 19 villages in Ambala, 2 villages in Yamuna Nagar and 1 Sector in Kurukshetra.