Haryana on Saturday reported 155 coronavirus-related deaths taking the cumulative toll to 5,454 while 14,667 fresh infections pushed the tally to 6,02,349, according to the health department's daily bulletin. The fresh deaths include 19 from Jind, 16 each from Panipat and Hisar, 15 from Bhiwani,11 from Karnal, 10 each from Gurugram, Ambala, Kaithal and Faridabad, the bulletin said.
The districts that reported a big spike in new cases were Gurugram (3441), Faridabad (1,713), Hisar (1,465),Sonepat (995), Karnal (590), Sirsa (684), Panipat (488) and Mahendragarh (648). The number of total active cases in the state is 1,16,109, the bulletin said.
The Covid positivity rate on Saturday was 27.59 per cent, which is quite high. The cumulative positivity rate was 7.74 percent. As many as 4,80,786 patients have so far recovered. The recovery rate is 79.82, it added.
9100 FRESH CASES, 171 MORE DEATHS IN PUNJAB
The Covid-19 death toll in Punjab on Saturday reached 10,315 with 171 more fatalities, while 9100 fresh cases took the tally to 4,33,689, according to a medical bulletin. The number of active cases rose to 71,948. Of the latest fatalities, 17 deaths were reported from Muktsar, 13 each from Amritsar and Patiala, 11 each from Jalandhar and Sangrur, 10 each from SAS Nagar and Pathankot, it said. The death toll in the state stands at 10,315. Ludhiana registered the highest number of cases in the state at 1223, followed by 1168 in SAS Nagar, 706 in Bathinda, 672 in Jalandhar, 620 in Patiala. The bulletin said that 6647 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from infection, taking the number of cured persons to 3,51, 426.