Haryana on Saturday registered 18 more fatalities due to Covid-19, taking the death toll to 1291, while 1689 fresh cases pushed the State’s infection tally to 122,267. As many as 2554 patients were discharged after recovery in the last 24 hours according to the daily bulletin.
Of the new deaths, three were reported from Jind while two each from Panchkula, Hisar, Karnal,Ambala and Gurugram and one each from Faridabad, Palwal, Bhiwai, Yamunanagar and Charkhi Dadri, according to the bulletin. Among the districts which reported a high spike in cases are Gurugram (273), Faridabad (195), Hisar (148), Panchkula (113) and Rohtak (103).
The number of active Covid-19 cases in the State is 17,149, while 1, 03, 827 patients have been discharged after recovery. As of Saturday, the state has a recovery rate of 84.92 per cent and the fatality rate is 1.06 per cent. The rate at which infections are doubling is 28 days and Covid-19 positivity rate is 6.72 per cent, as per the bulletin.
WITNESSES 207 NEW COVID-19 CASES
The Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh on Saturday witnessed 207 fresh cases, taking total count to 11,380 in the city. A total of 260 patients have been discharged including persons from home isolation who have completed 10 days and are asymptomatic, as per Ministry of Health and Family Welfare guidelines. The number of those cured went up to 8937 and active cases dipped to 2298. According to Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin, no death was reported on Saturday.
The Covid-19 toll has been reported 145 so far while the cases jumped to 11,380.
There were 2298 active cases while a total of 8937 patients have recovered from the virus so far. All the 207 positive cases were detected through RT-PCR testing in the city on Saturday.