Haryana witnessed a major spike in Covid-19 cases for the second consecutive day with the detection of 1861 fresh positive cases and ten deaths on Friday.
This was the highest single-day spike this year in the state.
The active cases crossed 11000-mark in the state and was recorded at 11022 till the evening. The highest number of active cases were in Gurugram at 2282 followed by 1641 in Karnal and 1230 in Ambala district of the state.
“The death toll reached 3174 while the total infections jumped to 294270 in the state. In the last 24 hours, two deaths each were reported in Karnal and Jind while one death each was reported in Kaithal, Fatehabad, Bhiwani, Yamunanagar, Hisar and Gurugram,” according to the Haryana Health Department’s evening bulletin.
Out of 1861 fresh cases reported, a maximum of 398 positive cases were reported in Gurugram followed by 261 in Karnal and 183 in Panchkula. 146 fresh positive cases were recorded in Faridabad, 127 each in Yamunanagar and Ambala, 117 in Kurukshetra, 107 in Kaithal and
Among 170 critical COVID-19 patients in the state, 141 were on oxygen support while 29 were on ventilators. Till date, 294270 patients (including 1191 in the last 24 hours) have recovered and been discharged from hospitals in the state, the bulletin stated.
The fatality rate was recorded at 1.08 percent in Haryana. The COVID positive rate was 4.68 per cent and recovery rate was recorded at 95.18 percent. As many as 63.11 lakh samples have been tested till date in Haryana, the bulletin added.
287 NEW CASES IN CHANDIGARH, 1 DEATH
A 58- year- old man died from coronavirus in Chandigarh on Friday as 287 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 27,543, according to a health bulletin.
The number of active cases rose to 3098 and 139 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured persons to 24,064. So far, 316,037 samples have been taken for testing, of which 2,87,463 tested negative while reports of 161 are awaited, it said.
As many as 2938 beneficiaries were given the Covid-19 vaccine at 55 sites in the city on Friday. Among the total beneficiaries, a maximum of 1663 were above 45 to 60 years of age followed by 745 above 60 years of age, who got their first dose of vaccine. The beneficiaries also included healthcare and frontline workers. A total of 84, 096 beneficiaries have been vaccinated in the city so far.
Meanwhile, Dr Amandeep Kang, Director of Health Services (DHS), UT Chandigarh said a three-member Central team which visited Chandigarh asked the UT Health officers to lay emphasis on contact tracing and enhancing vaccination. The team members led by Additional Secretary Vijoy Kumar Singh with experts from Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi held a meeting with officials of the Health Department, Chandigarh Administration and doctors from the PGI. In the meeting, the team members also suggested that the UT Health officers should conduct a Sero survey to know the extent of the infection spread in the city.
408 FRESH CASES, 4 FATALITIES IN HIMACHAL
Himachal Pradesh on Friday reported 408 fresh COVID-19 cases and four deaths. “In the last 24 hours, two persons died at Hamirpur while one female died at Kangra and one male died at Shimla due to COVID-19,” stated Himachal’s evening health bulletin.
The death toll reached 1043 while the total case tally stood at 64420 in the state. Of the 408 fresh cases, a maximum of 77 were reported in Una followed by 73 in Hamirpur and 61 in Shimla.
There were 3338 active cases in the state till the evening. Una has the highest number of active cases at 682 followed by 651 in Kangra and 561 in Solan, the bulletin stated.
So far, 60023 people have recovered from the virus in the state. 285 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, it said. Till now, over 12.72 lakh COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the state. In the last 24 hours, 4521 tests were conducted till the evening on Friday, the bulletin added.