Haryana on Saturday reported 59 more Covid-19 related deaths, taking the cumulative toll to 8,664, while 723 fresh infections pushed the total case count to761,637.
According to the health department's daily bulletin, the latest deaths included five each from Hisar, Rewari and Bhiwani and four each from Panipat, Sirsa, Jhajjar, Jind and Fatehabad districts. Of the fresh cases, Hisar district reported 75 cases, Yamunanagar 67, Panchkula 66, Karnal 57, Gurugram 45 and Faridabad 37.
The total number of active cases is 9974, while 742,999 patients have recovered so far. The recovery rate is 97.55 percent. The cumulative positivity rate is 8.29 percent, the bulletin stated.
98 CASES, 3 DEATHS IN CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh on Saturday reported 98 fresh cases of Covid-19 and three deaths while175 patients recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, according to a medical bulletin. The total number of cases has reached 60,585, of which 925 are active cases. As many as 58,892 people have recovered from the infection so far while 768 people have succumbed to the virus. A total of 175 patients were discharged, including persons from home isolation who have completed 10 days and are asymptomatic. So far, 521,716 samples have been taken for testing. In addition, 5471 more people were vaccinated, taking the total count to 3,76, 892, the bulletin stated.