Haryana on Thursday reported 17 more coronavirus deaths, taking the fatality count to 2782, even as 714 fresh cases pushed the State's infection tally to 2,55,728. According to a State Health Department's bulletin, four deaths each were reported from Faridabad, Panipat, three from Yamunanagar, two from Gurugram, one each from Hisar, Karnal, Fatehabad and Kurukshetra districts.
Among the districts which reported a spike in cases included Faridabad (165) and Gurugram (108). Currently, the state has 7013 active cases while the recovery rate stood at 96.17 per cent.
Meanwhile, the district administration of Gurugram said on Thursday that the Covid-19 vaccination drive may start in the district by January. For this, a training program was also organised at the Mini-Secretariat on Thursday. According to an official release of the district administration, initially this vaccine will be given to corona warriors in a phased manner.
62 FRESH CASES IN CHANDIGARH
The union territory of Chandigarh on Thursday reported 62 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the infection count to 18,905. No death due to the infection was reported in the city on Thursday and the toll stands at 304, according to the Chandigarh Health Department’s bulletin.
A day before, 67 infections had surfaced in the city and no fatality was reported. As per the bulletin, there were 584 active cases. A total of 105 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 18,017.
Till date, 1,65,414 samples have been taken for testing in the city. 1160 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the UT Administration has notified nine new micro-containment zones in Chandigarh to stem the spread of infection.