Haryana has reported 15 Covid-19 related fatalities on Sunday as 2,380 fresh cases surfaced pushing the total infections in the State to 1,82,804. The death toll reached 1912 in the State.
In the last 24 hours, four deaths were reported in Hisar, three in Bhiwani, two each in Gurugram and Mahendragarh and one each in Faridabad, Karnal, Yamunanagar and Jind, the Haryana Health Department’s evening bulletin stated. “Out of 2,380 fresh cases reported on Sunday, a maximum of 964 positive cases were reported in Gurugram. Faridabad reported 390 fresh cases, Hisar 172 cases and Rohtak recorded 103 cases. Out of 275 critical patients admitted in the hospitals, 244 patients were on oxygen support while 31 were on ventilator,” the health bulletin said.
The worst-affected districts in the state-Faridabad has till now reported 28106 positive cases and 262 deaths while Gurugram has reported 34756 cases and 227 fatalities due to COVID-19.
1,64,444 patients including 1630 in the last 24 hours have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals in the state. There were a total of 16448 active cases in Haryana till the evening, the bulletin said.
According to the health bulletin, the fatality rate is recorded at 1.05 percent in Haryana. The case-doubling rate in Haryana on Sunday stood at 56 days, COVID positive rate was 6.46 per cent and recovery rate was recorded at 89.96 percent. As many as 28.33 lakh samples have been tested till date in Haryana. The report of 4684 samples is awaited, it added.
11 DEATHS, 494 NEW CASES IN PUNJAB
The Punjab health authorities on Sunday reported 11 coronavirus deaths as 494 new infections surfaced, taking the state’s case tally to 1,37,445, according to a medical bulletin. So far, 4,318 people have died from the infection in the state.
Three deaths were reported from Rupnagar, two each from Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Jalandhar and one each from Muktsar and Amritsar, as per the bulletin on Sunday.
The places which reported new infections included Mohali (100), Ludhiana (67) and Patiala (55). There are 4,910 active cases in the state as of now, the bulletin said.
A total of 396 coronavirus patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 1,28,217, it said. Nine critical patients are on ventilator while 126 are on oxygen support, the bulletin said. A total of 27,47,106 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state, it said.
CHANDIGARH REPORTS 2 DEATHS, 109 COVID CASES
The union territory of Chandigarh reported two COVID-19 related fatalities as 109 fresh positive cases surfaced on Sunday. “With this, the total positive cases stood at 15134. The death toll reached 234,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin. There were 876 active cases in the city as on Sunday.
With 46 patients being discharged including persons from home isolation in the last 24 hours, the total recoveries were recorded at 14024, the bulletin stated. According to the health bulletin, among the 109 positive cases reported, 55 were male residents and 54 were female residents.
115589 samples have been tested in the city so far. 816 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the report of 106 was awaited, the bulletin added.