Haryana records 38 more fatalities even as virus recedes

CHANDIGARH: Twenty Haryana districts detected between two and 50 new cases of the Covid-19 on Tuesday even as 38 people succumbed to the infection in 16 different districts, according to the health bulletin.

The highest 75 fresh cases were detected in Palwal followed by 56 in Bhiwani on a day when 635 new positive cases were recorded, and 33,930 samples were tested across the state.

In Nuh district, two fatalities and two new cases of the contagion were recorded in the past 24 hours.

The Covid-19 infection has started retreating in Haryana.

On Monday, there were 640 new cases and 39 deaths while on Sunday, 654 new cases and 48 fatalities were recorded.

As per the bulletin, five people died in Hisar; four each in Gurugram and Rewari; three each in Sonepat, Yamunanagar, Sirsa and Bhiwani; two each in Panipat, Kurukshetra, Fatehabad and Nuh, while one patient each succumbed in five other districts.

7,531 active cases, positivity rate 97.86% There were 7,531 active Covid patients in the state on Tuesday when 1,090 more people recovered, and the positivity rate rose to 97.86%. So far, 7,47,246 coronavirus patients have recovered from the infection.

State includes Covid in cashless medical facility Haryana health minister Anil Vij on Tuesday said the Covid-19 disease has been added in the limited cashless medical facility being provided to state government employees, pensioners/ family pensioners and their dependents so that Covid-19 related medical bills can be reimbursed.

These orders will be implemented with immediate effect. Vij said the empanelled private hospitals will levy charges as per the existing reimbursement/ limited cashless/empanelled policies, as the case may be, issued by the state government.