7 deaths, 752 new cases in Haryana
CHANDIGARH: Seven people succumbed to Covid-19 on Wednesday in Haryana as the state reported 752 fresh infections, pushing the cumulative number of positive cases to 38,548, a health bulletin said.
Two patients battling the infection died in Faridabad, while one patient each died in Gurugram, Karnal, Jhajjar, Panchkula, and Kurukshetra. With this, the death toll has risen to 455.
As per an official communication, a 64-year-old retired armyman of Jhajjar’s Dighal village succumbed to the infection on Wednesday.
Faridabad continued to report the highest number of cases as 169 new infections were detected there followed by 74 in Panipat, and 64 in Gurugram.
Other districts where fresh cases were recorded included Sonepat (32), Rewari (45), Ambala (68), Rohtak (51), Karnal (16), Hisar (15), Palwal (23), Jhajjar (8), Mahendergarh (35), Bhiwani (4), Panchkula (19), Nuh (7), Kurukshetra (9), Sirsa (33), Fatehabad (20), Yamunanagar (23), Jind (5), Kaithal (10), and Charkhi Dadri (22).
There were total 6,133 active cases in the state after 734 patients recovered on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, health minister
Anil Vij said FIRs have been registered against 11 sanitiser brands after the samples of their sanitisers collected from various districts failed. A notice has been issued to cancel or suspend the licence of the respective brands, Vij said.
69%CASES, 76% DEATHS REPORTED IN AMBALA IN JULY
Ambala recorded a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in July, when the district saw 69% of its total cases.
As per the figures of the health department, the district added 1,251 cases to its tally in July, which reached 1,810 by Wednesday. In case of fatalities, the district logged 76% of total deaths in July (13 deaths).
Civil surgeon Dr Kuldeep Singh said, “Undoubtedly, the positivity rate rose in July, but we did extensive sampling in several areas of the district and the addition of rapid antigen kits also helped in containing the virus. As per rough estimates, the number of samples taken in the first three months is less than those collected in July.”
“Special sampling camps were held at the cloth market earlier in the month and at the areas that we considered highrisk zones, including Ambala Sadar” he added.