Five persons succumbed to Covid-19 in Haryana as 495 fresh cases surfaced on Wednesday.
The death toll reached 2847 while the total infections jumped to 259226 in the state, according to the Haryana Health Department’s evening bulletin.
In the last 24 hours, two deaths were reported in Jhajjar, and one each in Yamunanagar, Bhiwani and Fatehabad.
Out of 495 fresh cases, a maximum of 110 were reported in Gurugram followed by 68 in Faridabad. Out of 183 critical patients admitted in the hospitals, 161 patients were on oxygen support while 22 were on ventilator, the health bulletin said.
251149 patients including 647 in the last 24 hours have so far recovered from the virus in the state. There were a total of 5230 active cases in Haryana, the bulletin said.
According to the bulletin, the fatality rate is recorded at 1.10 percent in Haryana. The case-doubling rate in Haryana stood at 83 days, COVID positive rate was 6.02 per cent and recovery rate was recorded at 96.88 percent.