Eight people succumbed to the Covid-19 and 1594 fresh cases were reported on Thursday in Haryana, the State health bulletin stated.
Three fatalities were reported in Yamunanagar, two in Fatehabad, one each in Kurukshetra, Hisar and Gurugram.The death toll has reached 1766 and the tally of people tested positive stands at 1,63,817.As many as 1209 people recovered on Thursday, taking the number of those cured to 1,50,660 and the number of active Covid-19 cases stands at 11,391. As per the bulletin, the cases doubling rate further rose to 50.
Gurugram reported 397 new cases, Faridabad 246, Hisar 190, Rohtak 102, Rewari 93, Mahendergarh 87, Sirsa 67 and Kurukshetra 55. The positivity rate is 6.29 per cent while fatality rate at 1.08 per cent. The State has a recovery rate of 91.97 per cent, the bulletin said.
ONE DEATH, 80 NEW CASES IN CHANDIGARH
The union territory of Chandigarh on Thursday reported one COVID-19 related death and 80 fresh positive cases.
“225 residents have died due to the virus in the city till now. The total case tally stood at 14292 which included 665 active cases,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
43 patients have recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 13402 in the union territory, the bulletin stated. Till now, 105409 samples have been tested in the city. 1273 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and the result of 117 was awaited, the bulletin added.