Haryana on Tuesday reported 940 fresh novel coronavirus cases taking the caseload in the State to 1,52,174 while nine more fatalities raised the Covid-19 related death toll in the State to 1660, a health bulletin showed.
Of the fatalities, two each were reported from Gurugram, Hisar, Yamunanagar and one each from Charkhi Dadri, Kaithal, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Nuh and Panipat, according to the state health department’s daily bulletin.
On October 18, the State had reported no Covid-19 related fatality for the first time in the past four-and-a-half months.
A total of 925 Covid-19 patients released from hospitals in the state after their recovery, taking the total count to 140,436.
Among the districts which reported a big spike in cases on Tuesday included Gurugram (225), Faridabad (109), Rohtak (49), Rewari (61) and Hisar (88). Doubling rate in the State is 44 days while positive rate and fatality rate are 6.34 per cent and 1.09 per cent respectively. Active cases in the State currently are 10,078 while the recovery rate was 92.29 percent, according to the daily bulletin.
ONE DEATH, 57 FRESH CASES IN CHANDIGARH
One more resident of Chandigarh died due to COVID-19 as 57 fresh positive cases surfaced in the city on Tuesday. “The COVID-19 death toll reached 209. The total case tally stood at 13743 which included 810 active cases. 107 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 12724”, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
The recovery rate has increased to 92.5 percent while the active ratio of cases was recorded at 5.8 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 5 are currently infected in the city. The cumulative test positivity rate of 14.2 percent was recorded in the city. A day before, zero fatality was reported in Chandigarh after almost three weeks.