10 more deaths take Haryana toll to 613

CHANDIGARH: The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) claimed 10 more lives in Haryana on Monday, while 1,074 fresh cases of the infection were recorded in the state in the past 24 hours.

According to the state health bulletin, in Faridabad, Panchkula and Kurukshetra districts, two patients each succumbed to the infection, while one person each lost the battle with Covid-19 in Ambala, Rohtak, Panipat and

Fatehabad districts.

With 10 more fatalities, the state’s death toll mounted to 613 and the cumulative number of Covid-19 positive cases reached 55,460. The active cases also rose to 9,442 even as the total number of patients who have recovered from the disease so far stood at 45,405.

Gurugram saw 77 cases, Sonepat 46, Rewari 87, Ambala 80, Rohtak 72, Karnal 69, Panchkula and

Hisar 61 each, Palwal 17, Mahendergarh 47, Jhajjar 19, Bhiwani 26, Kurukshetra 45, Nuh 7, Sirsa 36, Yamunanagar 18, Fatehabad 34, Kaithal 21, and Jind 8. On Monday, there were 221 critically illpatientsundergoingtreatment

K’SHETRA FATALITIES HAD COMORBIDITIES

The two persons, who succumbed to the infection in Kurukshetra on Monday, included a 38-yearold woman from Murtazapur village, who was also suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure and a 56-year-old woman from Ismailabad town, who also had diabetes and high blood pressure. Kurukshetra chief medical officer Sukhbir Singh said the number of infected persons has reached 1,338 in the district. He said there are 513 active cases currently while 799 patients have been cured.