With 202 new cases, Haryana Covid-19 count mounts to 1,923
Gurugram witnesses highest single-day spike with 157 cases; state’s death toll 20
CHANDIGARH/GURUGRAM: The national capital region (NCR) district of Gurugram on Saturday witnessed its highest singleday spike with 157 Covid-19 positive cases, thus, accounting for 78% of the total 202 infections recorded in Haryana on Saturday, a health department bulletin said. The total number of cases in Haryana stand at 1,923.
Gurugram alone accounts for more than one-third of the cumulative Covid-19 cases across the state. This is the first time in the district as well as in Haryana that over 157 cases have been reported in 24 hours.
The numbers increased to 115 on Friday and 157 on Saturday, taking the tally to 667. Out of these, 224 patients have been discharged and 450 are undergoing treatment.
Seeing the surge in cases, the district administration on Saturday issued a statement that majority of the cases are asymptomatic and do not need special medical attention other than periodic observation at home or institution.
Five more people deported from the United States by a special charter flight on May 19 have also tested positive. The total number of positive deportees is now 26.
Meanwhile, Faridabad, which had registered 31 positive cases a day before, reported 32 fresh infections on Saturday.
Haryana home minister Anil Vij had blamed the movement of people from Delhi to Haryana NCR districts for the sharp increase of Covid cases in the state.
Vij said most cases were being reported from four districts of
Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat, and Jhajjar.
65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES DUE TO VIRUS
A 65-year-old woman died due to Covid-19 in Sonepat on Friday night, taking the death toll in the state to 20.
Deputy commissioner Shyam Lal Punia said the 65-year-old woman from Kheri Gujjar village was admitted at the Bhagat Phool Medical College for Women at Khanpur Kalan.
Also, 13 more people have tested positive in Sonepat. These include a 25-year-old CRPF personnel of Barwasni village, six from Ferozpur Bangar village, four from Kundli and two others.
UNDERTRIAL TESTS POSITIVE IN HISAR
A 34-year-old inmate at Hisar Jail has tested positive for Covid-19. The undertrial, a resident of Fatehabad, was arrested by the Hisar women’s police on May 27 on molestation charges. Hisar civil surgeon Dr Yogesh Kumar said, “The undertrial was produced before the judicial magistrate on May 28. The next day he tested positive for the infection.”
Two people, including a 26-year-old woman, have tested positive in Karnal. A 54-year-old man has tested positive in Panipat and a 35-year-old taxi driver has tested positive in Kaithal.
13 FROM BHIWANI MLA’S FAMILY, STAFF TEST POSITIVE
Thirteen persons from BJP MLA Ghanshyam Saraf’s family and staff tested positive for Covid-19 in Bhiwani district on Saturday. Two more cases were reported from other parts of the district.
Nodal officer Dr Rajesh Kumar said while the MLA tested negative, thirteen people from his family and personal staff have been hospitalised. This has come a day after Saraf’s personal assistant, along with whom he had been organising events to felicitate corona warriors, tested positive for the disease.