Amid rising Covid-19 cases in the State, Haryana Health and Family Welfare Minister Anil Vij on Friday said that people in the state, who have got precaution dose under the vaccination program to prevent Covid infection, will be given free supplement so that the citizens of the state can be protected from Covid infection. Apart from this, he directed the officers of the health department that all the health workers should be given precautionary dose as soon as possible.
Haryana on Friday reported 407 covid-19 cases with a maximum of 206 cases reported from Gurugram, 72 in Panchkula and 53 in Faridabad. Vij said that at present there are 1109 active cases of Covid in Haryana, out of which 25 are in hospital while 2 are on oxygen which are co-morbid. He informed that a sufficient number of machines, laboratories and other equipment are available in the state to deal with Covid infection.
Himachal registers 108 fresh Covid cases, one death
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh registered 108 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday with a weekly positivity rate of 6.6, according to Health officials. The state’s active caseload currently stands at 1,933. A 19-year-old woman died of the virus in Mandi district on Friday, taking the state’s total death toll to 4,198. Himachal Pradesh is testing around 5,000 samples every day while its hospital admission rate is 0.9, the officials said. On Friday, during a virtual review meeting with the Centre, Health Minister Col Dhani Ram Shandil said the state government is monitoring the situation on a regular basis.