The number of Covid-19 mounted to 64,732 on Monday in Haryana with the State Health department reporting the highest ever single-day spike of 1450 fresh cases of the disease. Earlier, on August 26, Haryana had reported 1,397 infections, its highest number since the pandemic broke out in the State.
Seven deaths from the disease were also reported on the day which increased the number of deaths to 689 in the State. The State Health department discharged 1052 patients of the disease from different hospitals of the State on the day after their recovery from the disease. A total of 52, 672 patients have so far recovered from the disease and the percentage recovery for Covid-19 patients in the State is 81.37 percent.Out of the total samples tested 5.66 percent have tested positive for the disease. The doubling rate in the state is now at 34 days. The State has 11,371 active patients, according to a health bulletin. On Monday, seven fatalities were reported from Sirsa (3), Kaithal (2), Panchkula (1) and Faridabad (1), the bulletin said.
The districts from where the maximum cases were reported are Panipat (154), Karnal (134), Ambala (114), Gurugram (113), Sonepat (109), Faridabad (103), Panchkula (78), Rohtak (73) and others, the bulletin said. As of Monday, the fatality rate hovered around 1.06 per cent, according to the bulletin.