75 new cases in Haryana, highest single-day spike

CHANDIGARH: With staggering 75 new infections, Haryana registered its steepest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases to this date, taking the state’s cumulative count to 517 on Monday.

The state had on Sunday crossed the 400-mark.

CHANDIGARH: With staggering 75 new infections, Haryana registered its steepest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases to this date, taking the state’s cumulative count to 517 on Monday.

The state had on Sunday crossed the 400-mark and has reported 141 positive cases in just 48 hours.

Maximum of the Monday cases – 29 – were reported from Sonepat, most of which are contacts of infected people.

23 INFECTIONS SURFACE IN AMBALA

In Ambala, 23 people, most of whom are labourers working at the construction site of a residential project, have tested positive. Medical teams have reached the spot and containment zones are being marked, local health authorities said.

Jhajjar, meanwhile, reported 14 fresh infections and most of patients are either vegetable sellers or their contacts. Three new cases were reported from Panipat, two each from Faridabad and Jind, and one each from Gurugram and Nuh.

2 TEST POSITIVE IN KARNAL

Two persons were tested positive for coronavirus in Karnal on Monday, though the official bulletin

did not mention their cases.

One of them is a vegetable vendor and the other one runs a grocery store. Karnal DC Nishant Yadav said they have been admitted to the isolation ward of the government medical hospital and their localities declared as containment zones.

9 PEOPLE CURED, DISCHARGED

With the recovery of nine more patients, all from Gurugram, the number of cured persons in Haryana swelled to 254. Now, there are 257 active cases in the state as of Monday.