Haryana’s Covid-19 tally on Wednesday climbed to 224,489 after 2197 fresh cases and 42 new fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the total count to 2291. Wednesday’s deaths are the highest single day death count till date, State Health authorities said.Of the 42 deaths, six each were reported from worst-hit Faridabad district, Panipat, five each from Bhiwani, Rohtak, three each from Gurugram, Hisar, Fatehabad, two each from Rewari, Sirsa and one each from Ambala, Karnal, Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Jind and Charkhi Dadri, according to the State health department's daily bulletin.
On November 24 and November 18, Haryana had reported 33 and 30 coronavirus deaths respectively.
The districts which reported a huge spike in cases include Gurugram (661), Faridabad (486), Hisar (147), Sonepat (100), Rewari (93) and Rohtak (92). At present, there are 20,948 active cases, positivity rate in the state is 6.88 per cent, while the recovery rate is 89.65 per cent. There were 426 critical patients, including 375 on oxygen support and 51 on ventilators.