With 789 fresh COVID-19 cases, Haryana on Thursday witnessed another big spike in positive cases in the last 24 hours.
The State’s count stood at 28,975 positive cases which included 6,348 active cases.
Six more people succumbed to the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the State. Three deaths were reported in Faridabad and one each in Gurugram, Sonepat and Jhajjar were reported in Haryana taking the total toll to 378 in the state. Notably, Haryana had witnessed its biggest single-day spike with 795 COVID-19 positive cases reported on July 17. A day before, the State had reported 724 fresh COVID-19 positive cases crossing the 28000-mark.
“Out of 699 fresh cases, Faridabad reported the highest number of 220 positive cases. 139 cases were reported in Gurugram, 88 in Ambala, 78 in Sonepat, 48 in Rewari, 38 in Panipat, 33 in Rohtak among other cases,” stated the Haryana Health Department’s evening bulletin.
With 220 fresh cases reported in Faridabad, the district on Thursday crossed the 7000-mark. The total cases in the district were 7,073 which included 5,553 active cases till the evening.
In Gurugram, the worst-affected place in Haryana, the total positive cases were 8266 including 6996 active cases. 119 people in Gurugram and 117 in Faridabad have succumbed to COVID-19 till date.According to the bulletin, “With continuous spike in fresh cases, the case-doubling rate in Haryana stood at 23 days, COVID positive rate increased to 5.98 per cent, recovery rate declined to 76.79 percent. The fatality rate recorded was 1.30 per cent.”
Till date, the State has reported 22,249 recoveries including 552 patients recovering in the last 24 hours and being discharged from hospitals. Giving details of patients in critical condition in the state, the bulletin said, “123 patients were on oxygen support while 26 were on ventilator. 4.90 lakh samples have been tested till date in Haryana. The report of 5575 samples is awaited, the bulletin added.