NO LET-UP IN SURGE AS HARYANA LOGS RECORD COVID CASES

CHANDIGARH: Haryana on Wednesday recorded its highest single-day spike yet with 1,792 fresh cases of Covid-19 that also claimed 15 lives, pushing the death toll to 721, the health bulletin said.

In Fatehabad, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Karnal and Panipat districts, two patients each succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours. One patient each in Faridabad, Ambala, Rohtak, Hisar and Sirsa districts died of the infection that has been spreading at an alarming rate across the state.

The total number of people that have been tested positive until Wednesday has reached 68,218. On August 1, the total Covid-19 cases were 35,758, which reached 64,732 on August 31 with the addition of 28,974 more cases in just a month.

Most cases in Panchkula

Panchkula district reported 216 new cases, the highest in the state on Wednesday, a day after the district recorded near 100 cases. Ambala reported 96 cases, Yamunanagar 95, Kurukshetra 126 and Karnal 130 cases. Thus, 663 fresh cases out of the 1,792 were detected in five northern districts of the state.

As per the bulletin, Gurugram logged 184 new infections, Faridabad 152, Sonepat 27, Rewari 61, Rohtak 90, Panipat 142, Hisar 114, Palwal 23, Mahendergarh 36, Jhajjar 39, Bhiwani 89, Nuh 11, Sirsa 43, Fatehabad 27, Kaithal 89, and Charkhi Dadri 2. No case was reported in Jind on Wednesday.

The state saw 1,040 recoveries in the last 24 hours, which took the number of those cured of Covid to 54,875.

Karnal declares KCGMCH as Covid hospital

Karnal district administration has declared Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital (KCGMCH) a dedicated Covid-19 hospital.