COVID CLAIMS 10 MORE LIVES IN HARYANA

CHANDIGARH: The Covid-19 claimed 10 more lives in Haryana on Wednesday as the state recorded biggest-ever single day spike with 994 fresh cases.

According to the state health bulletin, in Faridabad, Rewari and Ambala, two patients each succumbed to the infection, while one person each lost the battle with Covid-19 in Gurugram, Hisar, Sirsa and Kurukshetra.

Until Wednesday evening, 567 people in Haryana had died of Covid ever since the pandemic broke out and the cumulative number of the positive cases reached 49,930. The number of active cases stood at 7,307 as the total number of recovered people rose to 42,056 after 758 patients were discharged on Wednesday.

It was for the first time in past many days that the count of fresh cases came down in Faridabad, where 79 new infections were recorded. On Wednesday, Yamunanagar logged 88 new cases, followed by Panipat (83), Karnal (78), Bhiwani (71), Ambala (68), Gurugram (67), Kurukshetra (60), Rohtak (56), Mahendergarh (55), Rewari (52), Panchkula (46), Sonepat (40), Hisar (39), Fatehabad (29), Jind (25), Sirsa (18), Kaithal (17), Jhajjar (10), Nuh (7) and Palwal (6).

SURVEY FOR ANTIBODIES

Health minister Anil Vij said in order to ascertain the presence of antibodies, arrangements are being made to conduct a survey of at least 850 people in each district.

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