With five COVID-19 related deaths and 457 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, Haryana’s tally on Sunday crossed 17000-mark and stood at 170005 in the state. Gurugram and Faridabad continued to witness the surge in positive cases with Gurugram reporting 120 and Faridabad 161 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.
A day before, the state had recorded 545 cases of COVID-19 and five deaths. After the continuous spike in cases, the case-doubling rate in Haryana on Sunday was recorded as 18 days, COVID positive rate stood 5.64 per cent and fatality rate stood at 1.56 percent. Three fatalities were reported from Faridabad and one each from Gurugram and Ambala in the last 24 hours.
The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients was recorded at 76.12 percent. Till date, 12944 patients including 687 in the last 24 hours have recovered from the deadly virus and been discharged from hospitals.
“Out of 457 fresh cases, 120 were reported from Gurugram, 161 from Faridabad, 34 from Rewari, 19 each from Panipat and Kurukshetra, 18 from Hisar, 16 from Bhiwani, 15 from Karnal, 13 from Ambala, 12 from Sirsa among other cases,” according to the state Health Department’s evening bulletin. “The total cases in the state are 17005. Five deaths were reported in Haryana in the last 24 hours and the total COVID-19 deaths recorded so far are 265, the bulletin stated. Till the evening, there were 3796 active cases in the state, it stated.
As many as 3.07 lakh samples have been tested till date in Haryana. The report of 5584 samples is awaited, the state’s bulletin added.
The worst-affected districts of the state with the maximum number of positive cases are Gurugram with 5949 cases, Faridabad with 4525 cases and Sonepat with 1466 cases.
Gurugram has recorded 100 Coronavirus related deaths, Faridabad has reported 92 deaths and Sonepat 18 deaths.