Urging the labourers and workers to not migrate from the state, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that despite getting lockdown suggestions, the State Government would not impose a lockdown.
“There would be strict compliance of Covid-19 guidelines in the State so as to ensure containment of virus,” the Chief Minister said during his televised address to the people of the State on Tuesday evening about the present Covid-19 situation.
The Chief Minister urged the labourers and workers to remain relaxed and keep doing their work and not leave the state. Last year many labourers had faced problems due to the lockdown, but this time, keeping the interest of the labourers and workers, especially those working on daily and monthly wages, no lockdown would be imposed in Haryana, he said.
Khattar said, “To ensure adequate medical arrangement for COVID-19 patients, the State Government has recently held discussion with the DRDO officials for setting up a 500-1000 bedded dedicated COVID hospital in Panipat.”
He said that there is no shortage of oxygen supply in hospitals right now. Liquid oxygen is being produced in the oxygen plant at Panipat. Simultaneously, efforts are being made to ensure the availability of oxygen in gas form.
He further said that for those patients who do not have home isolation arrangements, 526 district COVID Centers have been set up across the state. An arrangement of about 45,000 beds has been made in these Centres, he added.
The Chief Minister said that private hospitals have also been requested to give first priority to those who are tested positive of COVID-19 infection. He informed that in the private hospitals, the cost of treatment for COVID-19 has been fixed from Rs 8,000 to 18,000 per day.
HARYANA WITHDRAWS SHUT DOWN ORDERS OF TEMPLES
Hours after issuing an order to close Shri Mata Mansa Devi Mandir, Panchkula and Shri Mata Sheetla Devi Mandir, Gurugram for the general public, Haryana Government on Tuesday evening withdrew the order and decided to keep both these temples open for the devotees.
“The Government has urged the devotees to religiously follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and guidelines issued by the Government for COVID-19 as they visit both the temples. Apart from this, the devotees should also maintain two yards’ distance and wear masks when they visit the temples. The order for closing these temples for devotees are withdrawn,” said an official spokesman.
ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD SPIKE WITH 7811 CASES, 35 DEATHS IN HARYANA
Haryana on Tuesday saw another grim day of record new cases with 7811 new infections and 35 deaths. The number of active COVID-19 patients jumped to 49771 while the death toll reached 3483.
The total caseload was recorded at 371624 in the state. According to the state’s Health Department’s bulletin, a maximum of five fatalities each were reported in Jind and Hisar, four each in Karnal, Gurugram and Fatehabad, three in Panipat, two each in Faridabad, Ambala, Sirsa, one death each in Kurukshetra, Bhiwani, Palwal and Kaithal. Of the 7811, the worst affected Gurugram district recorded the highest number of fresh infections at 2344.
Among other worst affected districts, Faridabad reported 1245 fresh cases, Sonepat 607, Karnal 547, Hisar 479. In Gurugram, the active cases jumped to 14269, the highest in the state. There were 6342 active cases in Faridabad, 3790 in Sonepat, 3372 in Karnal, 3080 in Hisar. In the last 24 hours, 3367 patients recovered from the virus taking the total recoveries to 318369 in the state.
4 DEATHS, 602 NEW CASES IN CHANDIGARH
With 602 fresh Covid-19 positive cases, Chandigarh on Tuesday reported the third biggest single-day spike since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. On Sunday and Monday, Chandigarh witnessed 625 and 612 covid-19 cases respectively. Four more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours.
Eight people have died in the last two days in the city. The active cases stood at 3959 till the evening. A maximum of 40 cases were reported in Manimajra. As per the health bulletin, the total case tally reached 35148 while the death toll reached 421.