694 new cases, six fatalities in Haryana
Infection tally climbs to 26,858
CHANDIGARH: Six persons died of Covid-19 while 694 others tested positive for the virus in Haryana on Monday, the state health department said. Besides, the state also recorded 433 recoveries on the day.
Three of the deceased are from Sonepat while one each is from Nuh, Hisar and Jhajjar districts. The state’s Covid-19 death count now stands at 355. As per the medical bulletin, the cumulative number of Covid-19 positive cases climbed to 26,858 on Monday, while as many as 20,226 patients have been discharged after getting cured so far.the number of active cases stood at 6,277 on Monday.haryana health minister Anil Vij said the recovery rate of Covid- 19 in the state is about 75% and the cases are doubling in 22 days.
He said no side effects were observed during the human trial of the Covid-19 vaccine at PGIMS, Rohtak. Gurugram reported the highest number of fresh cases at 109 followed by Faridabad (103), Sonepat (98), Rewari (75), Ambala (70), Palwal and Panipat (35 each), Jhajjar (24), Hisar (23), Karnal (21), Mahendergarh (20), Rohtak (15), Fatehabad (14), Panchkula (13), Bhiwani and Sirsa (8 each), Kurukshetra, Jind, Kaithal and Charkhi Dadri (5 each), Nuh (3).
Two patients, including a woman, died due of Covid-19 in
Karnal, taking the toll to 10 in the district, Karnal DC said.however, these three fatalities were not reflected in the state’s health bulletin released on Monday .
In view of increasing cases, Rewari DC Yashendra Singh announced that all markets in Rewari city, Dharuhera city, Narayan Vihar area, Bhagwan Singh colony and Niranjan colony will remain closed on Tuesday.