Barring Rewari, all Haryana dists’ recovery rate over 90%

CHANDIGARH: Haryana on Sunday recorded 1,452 new cases of Covid-19 and 89 fatalities while 42,589 samples were taken in past 24 hours, according to the health bulletin.

There were 16,675 Covid positive patients in home isolation across the state and the active cases count came down to 21,087.

At least 3,370 patients recovered from the infection on Sunday, pushing the recovery rate to 96.12%. Barring Rewari district where the recovery rate is 88.75%, all other districts recovery rate is well above 90%.

However, the fatality rate that has been rising stood at 1.09%.

Among the 89 deaths, Hisar had the highest fatalities, 10, followed by Gurugram and Panipat with eight deaths each, and Bhiwani and Fatehabad with seven deaths.

Just five districts recorded over 100 new cases on Sunday with Gurugram detecting 110 cases, Faridabad 114, Hisar 140, Yamunanagar 121 and Sirsa 117.

Patient’s kin booked for cremating body without informing health dept

The Kaithal police booked family members of a Covid victim for allegedly cremating the body without informing the health department.

As per the police, the FIR was registered on the complaint of senior medical officer Dr Pragati.

The patient, who was a resident of Pinjupura village, had died on May 11 and family members cremated his body without following Covid protocol. They told the villagers that he died of diabetes. Later, officials of the health department came to know about it and started investigation. It was found that he was a Covid patient and was taking treatment at a private hospital and was later referred to PGIMS, Rohtak. He died on the way to the hospital.

Police said the FIR has been registered under Sections 188, 269 and 270 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 51 and 54 of the Disaster Management Act against the family members of the deceased at Kalayat police station.