Haryana restricts entry of visitors to civil secretariat
VIRUS CLAIMS 12 MORE LIVES, STATE REGISTERS 1,293 FRESH CASES
CHANDIGARH: Twelve people succumbed to Covid-19 in Haryana on Thursday while the state logged 1,293 new infections, the health bulletin said.
Haryana government on Thursday announced to ‘restrict the entry of all visitors in Haryana civil secretariat’ here, except government officers/officials residing in the tricity till further orders, an official spokesperson said. Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar, 63, also tested positive for Covid-19.
Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja, 57, also announced that she is in home quarantine as a precautionary measure after coming in contact with a Covid-19 patient.
As per the bulletin, in Rewari, Panchkula and Kurukshetra districts, two patients each died of the infection, while one death each was reported from Faridabad, Gurugram, Rohtak, Karnal, Jhajjar and Nuh. Two people also lost their lives to the virus in Panipat, the local authorities said.
The death toll has risen to 646 and the cumulative number of people so far found Covid-19 positive has reached 59,298.
Even though there has been a steady rise in the number of fresh cases, as many as 48,690 people have recovered from the infection. On Thursday, 1,077 patients were discharged/recovered. The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 9,962. Panipat district had maximum 1,068 active cases, followed by 936 in Gurugram, while Nuh had the lowest active cases (67) in the state.
On Thursday, Gurugram logged 141 new cases, Faridabad 96, Sonepat 123, Rewari 75, Ambala 71, Rohtak 47, and Panipat 79. Karnal registered 37 infections, Hisar 61, Palwal 15, Panchkula 94, Mahendergarh 63, Jhajjar 24, Bhiwani 46, Kurukshetra 45, Nuh 18, Sirsa 47, Yamunanagar 81, Fatehabad 47, Kaithal 62, and Jind 21. The doubling rate improved to 34 days and the test per million count rose to 41,467. Meanwhile in Ambala, the MC has decided to ban public dealing at its office till August 31.