Haryana reported 15 more Covid-19 fatalities on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 721 as the state recorded its highest single-day spike of 1,792 new cases, the health department's daily bulletin said.
With this, the infection tally in the state rises to 68,218.
While Panipat, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar and Fatehabad reported two fatalities each, one death each was reported in Sirsa, Hisar, Rohtak, Ambala and Faridabad. Districts that reported fresh cases include Panchkula (216), Gurgaon (184), Faridabad (152), Panipat (142), Karnal (130), Kurukshetra (126), Hisar (114), Ambala (96), Yamunanagar (95), Rohtak (90) and Kaithal (89), as per the bulletin.
The number of active cases in the state stands at 12,622, while 54,875 patients have been discharged after recovery.
On Wednesday, the state's recovery rate was at 80.44 per cent, down from 81.05 per cent a day earlier. The fatality rate was at 1.06 per cent, while the rate at which infections are doubling is 34 days.
The authorities discharged 1040 patients from different hospitals after their complete recovery. The disease is taking 34 days to double its numbers. The infection rate (samples tested positive out of total tested) is at 5.73 percent, according to a health bulletin. Meanwhile, health officials were allegedly stopped and medical kits burnt when they went to take samples of contacts of a coronavirus patient in Fatehabad district, police said on Wednesday. The Health Department team had gone to Nakta village on Tuesday to take samples of a family after a member had tested positive for the coronavirus. They were prevented and the samples were not given. Some more people gathered there and they also did not let the team perform its duty, according to a complaint by the health officials.
Some of the equipment like rapid antigen kits were burnt during the incident, Sadar police station incharge Sukhdev Singh said. A case has been registered under relevant provisions and an investigation is underway, Singh said.