Over 70% of fresh cases in Haryana from 3 NCR dists
State’s Covid count mounts to 3,952; active cases rise to 2,648
CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s national capital region (NCR) districts continued with the trend of throwing up big number of coronavirus cases. The three NCR districts of Gurugram, Faridabad and Sonepat made up for more than 72% of the 355 positive cases reported on Saturday, which pushed the state’s Covid count to 3,952.
With 129 fresh infections and a tally of 1,345 active cases, Gurugram accounted for 50% of the total active cases in the state. 89 cases were detected in Sonepat and 39 in Faridabad.
Among other districts, Rohtak reported 23 cases, followed by Palwal (19), Karnal and Yamunanagar (10 each), Kaithal (9), Fatehabad (8), Panipat (5), Hisar and Ambala (4 each), Jind (3), Kurukshetra (2) and Sirsa (1).
Though the medical bulletin mentioned limited cases, many district administrations logged different figures. Ten new cases of coronavirus were reported in Karnal on Saturday, taking the number of total infected people to 91 and active cases to 48. Among the patients, seven belonged to Karnal city and three were from Singh Sahab gurdwara in Nissing village. Deputy commissioner said the new patients were in contact with the infected persons.
In Kaithal, nine new cases were detected. Kaithal chief medical officer Rakesh Sehl said while three patients, including two women, belonged to Panth Nagar colony of Kaithal city, four patients were from Jakholi Adda locality, one from Gamri village and another from Arjun Nagar. Four members of family besides three more people tested positive in Panipat.
Kurukshetra chief medical officer Sukhbir Singh said a 52-year-old man had tested positive for the virus at PGIMER, Chandigarh, where he had gone to avail treatment.
Yamunanagar saw the biggest single-day spike with nine new cases. Yamunanagar civil surgeon said, “Eight members of an infected person’s family and an international traveller, who had come from Nigeria on May 2, have been found infected.” A Qatar-returnee is among four people found positive in Ambala.
450 COPS ON LOCKDOWN DUTY TO BE TESTED IN GURUGRAM
The health department has begun screening 450 personnel deployed across the city on lockdown duty. Officials said that personnel deployed on lockdown duty will be screened thrice over the next 14 days.
Also, around 600 family members of police personnel living in police lines in Gurugram and Manesar will be screened within 10 days, after 10 policemen tested positive on Friday and Saturday.
At present, 30 personnel — mostly deployed at borders and containment zones — have tested positive in Gurugram.