Haryana on Saturday reported 64 new cases of corona virus, taking the State's case tally to 1131 even as 44 patients recovered from various hospitals of the State over the last 24 hours.
The state saw a sudden spurt in Covid- 19 cases on Saturday as 22 out of 76 Haryana natives who came back from the US tested positive for corona virus infection, said the health department officials. Seventy-six Haryana people were part of a group of over 160 Indians who had arrived at Amritsar in Punjab by a special chartered flight earlier this week.
Meanwhile, the total number of active Covid-19 cases in Haryana is 365 while the number patients who have been discharged are 750. The State has a recovery rate of 66.31 per cent, fatality rate at 1.41 per cent while tests per million being conducted are 3,709. The doubling rate in the State is 17 days.
While Gurugram has 262 cases, Faridabad 195, Sonipat 154 and Jhajjar has reported 91 Covid-19 infections, making it a total of 702 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 is corona free district of the State as eight persons tested positive for Covid-19 have been discharged from the hospitals, as per the state health bulletin.
According to the State Government’s health bulletin, 64 fresh cases were reported from Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat, Palwal, Panipat, Jind, Karnal, Bhiwani, Hisar and Foreign returnee Haryana native. Gurugram reported 12 new cases of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 262. Faridabad reported 10 new case of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 195. Sonepat reported three more corona virus cases, taking total to 154.
Karnal and Palwal reported one more case each, taking the tally to 24 and 41 respectively. Hisar and Jind reported three more cases each, taking the tally to 12 and 26 respectively. Panipat reported seven more case, taking total to 53. Bihwani reported two more cases, taking count to 8.
As many as 44 patients walked out of hospital from different districts of the State on Saturday. So far, 750 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals in Haryana, including the 14 Italian nationals. According to officials, a total of 44 Covid patients were discharged from various districts including nine in Gurugram, 11 each in Faridabad and Sonepat, one in Jhajjar, five in Nuh, three in Jind, two each in Fatehabad and Rohtak.
22 OF 76 HARYANA RESIDENTS FROM US TEST POSITIVE
Twenty-two of 76 Haryana natives deported back from the US have tested positive for coronavirus infection, state Health Minister Anil Vij said on Saturday.
Seventy-six Haryana people were part of a group of over 160 Indians who had arrived at Amritsar in Punjab by a special chartered flight earlier this week.
“Twenty two of these 76 have been found having Covid-19,” Vij told reporters.
After they were deported from the US and arrived in India earlier this week, Vij had said all will undergo Covid-19 tests before they are quarantined in their home districts.
Most of the deported Indians had entered the US from its southern border with Mexico and had exhausted all legal options to stay in the US.
They were arrested by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement sleuths while trying to enter America illegally.
The 76 Haryana natives were later brought to Panchkula where they underwent the Covid-19 and other medical tests. While those found Covid negative will be quarantined in their home districts, the 22 Covid-19 patients will undergo treatment at a dedicated hospital in Panchkula.