Haryana on Monday reported 793 COVID-19 cases including eight new cases of the Omicron variant. The total Omicron infections in the state had reached 71 which included 12 active cases, according to the Haryana Health Department bulletin. A day before, the state had reported 577 COVID cases.
With 793 new infections being reported on Monday, 460 of them from Gurugram alone. Faridabad , Panchkula, Karnal and Ambala reported 110, 35, 33 and 41 new cases respectively. No fresh cases were reported in Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Nuh and Palwal districts. 86 people recovered from the virus in the state and 72 of them were from Gurugram.
As per the bulletin, Haryana reported a positivity rate of 2.63 percent on Monday while the cumulative positivity rate was 5.28 percent. The COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.30 per cent while fatality rate was reported at 1.30 percent.
Notably, the cases of Covid are increasing in Gurugram, Faridabad, Panchkula, Sonipat, and Ambala and these districts have been kept in Group A as the risk of spread of infection is high in these districts. The State Government had already ordered the closure of cinema halls, multiplexes and sports complexes in these five districts from January 2 to 12. Meanwhile, 54979 youth in the age group of 15-18 were administered vaccine doses on the first day of the COVID vaccination drive in the state. The State Government has set a target to administer vaccine doses to 15.40 lakh children in the age group of 15 to 18 years in the next ten days. On Monday, a maximum of 8062 youth were vaccinated in Panipat district followed by 7612 in Ambala and 7012 in Hisar.
HIMACHAL REPORTS ONE DEATH, 137 FRESH CASES
The neighboring state of Himachal Pradesh reported one fatality and 137 fresh COVID cases on Monday. A 68 years old male resident of Hamirpur died due to COVID, according to the state’s health bulletin. The highest number of 43 cases were reported in Kangra district. The number of active cases in the state stood at 621, the bulletin stated.