679 NEW CASES TAKE STATE’S TALLY TO 19,369
CHANDIGARH: Five Covid-19 patients succumbed to the illness on Thursday in Haryana, taking the number of those dead to 287.
As per a medical bulletin, the state reported 679 fresh cases from 17 districts on Thursday, which pushed the patients’ tally to 19,369.
Among the dead were one person each from Gurugram, Faridabad, Palwal, Sirsa and Yamunanagar.
The number of active cases on Thursday was 4,572. The bulletin said that 404 infected persons were cured on Thursday, taking the total number of recovered patients to 14,510.
While the national capital region (NCR) districts of Faridabad (182), Gurugram (151) and Sonepat (85) collectively accounted for 61% of the fresh cases reported on Thursday, Bhiwani (51), Rohtak (46), Ambala (34), Palwal and Karnal (24 each), Panipat (21), Jhajjar (16), Sirsa (14) and Nuh (13) were also major contributors to the tally. Among the other districts, Jind reported seven fresh cases followed by Fatehabad (5), Panchkula, Kaithal and Yamunanagar (2 each).
FIR AGAINST PVT LAB
Meanwhile, Gurugram police on Thursday lodged a first information report (FIR) against SRL Diagnostics, a private lab, for allegedly misreporting Covid-19 test results in April this year.
The action was taken after Haryana health minister Anil Vij on Monday said that directions have been issued for lodging an FIR against the lab based in Gurugram, which in April had reported Covid-19 negative samples as positive in Ambala and other districts.