The contagion of Covid-19 is continuing to spread in Haryana. On Thursday the State health department reported the highest single-day spike of Covid-19 cases as 996 people tested positive, which increased the tally of the Covid-19 patients to 50,926. Eleven more patients of the disease died on the day which increased the death toll to 578 in the State.
On the day 737 patients of the disease were discharged from different hospitals of the State after their complete recovery. A total of 42, 793 patients have so far recovered from Covid-19 the Health Department said.
On Thursday 114 patients were reported in Panchkula district while 111 patients were found in Gurugram. The health department also found 98 patients in Panipat. In Ambala, 92 patients were discovered while 88 patients were reported from Faridabad district. Yamunanagar, Sonepat and Rewari each reported 50 new patients while 72 in Rohtak, 58 in Karnal and 44 in Hisar.
Out of the 11 new fatalities, three were reported from Karnal while two each in Panipat, Faridabad and one each in Jind, Kaithal, Kurukshetra and Panchkula.
The recovery rate reported 84.03 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.13 per cent, according to the bulletin. As many as 9.10 lakh samples have been sent for testing. The positivity rate is 5.63 per cent,, while the tests per million population stands at 35,932, the department said.