Haryana on Monday reported 29 new cases of corona virus, taking the State's case tally to 1213 even as a total of 37 patients have recovered from various hospitals of the State over the last 24 hours.
The total number of active COVID-19 cases in Haryana is 395 while the number patients who have been discharged are 802. The State has a recovery rate of 66.12 per cent, fatality rate at 1.32 per cent while tests per million being conducted are 3,944. The doubling rate in the State is 18 days.
While Gurugram has 284 cases, Faridabad 211, Sonipat 163 and Jhajjar has reported 93 COVID-19 infections, making it a total of 751 cases in these four districts which fall in the National Capital Region. As per the bulletin, 16 deaths have been reported so far in the State.
Yamunanagar and Nuh are corona free districts of the State as eight and 65 persons tested positive for COVID-19 respectively in both the districts have been discharged from the hospitals, as per the state health bulletin.
According to the State government’s health bulletin, 29 fresh cases were reported from Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat, Jind, Karnal, Fatehabad, Hisar, Charkhi Dadri and Kurukshetra.
Gurugram reported highest 13 new cases of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 284. Faridabad reported two new case of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 211. Sonepat reported four more corona virus cases, taking total to 163.
Karnal, Hisar, Fatehabad and Charkhi Dadri reported one more case each, taking the tally to 33, 20, nine and seven. Jind and Kurukshetra reported three more cases each, taking the tally to 29 and 18 respectively.
13 FRESH CASES REPORTED FROM CHANDIGARH
13 fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reported from Bapu Dham colony in Chandigarh till Monday evening taking the total number of positive cases to 269 in the city. While six cases were reported late Sunday night, seven were reported during the day.
A day before, the city had recorded its youngest ever Coronavirus fatality of a three-day baby girl. So far, four Coronavirus related deaths have been reported in the city.
The total cases stood at 266 while the active cases are 75 in Chandigarh, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.
187 patients have so far being declared cured of Coronavirus and discharged from the hospital, the bulletin stated. The BDC, which has been declared as containment zone in Chandigarh has reported 194 positive cases out of total 266 till now. The colony in Sector 26 here has an approximate population of 60000 people.
The Administration had last week started onsite sampling facility at a school in BDC. With positive cases being reported every day from BDC, the Administration has so far failed to break the chain of infection in the colony.
Three quarantine centre have been set up for residents of BDC including a care centre in a school in Bapu Dham for elderly and Co-morbid persons, one in girls hostel no 8 of Panjab University and another in Government Model school Raipur Kalan.