795 NEW CASES IN HARYANA, TALLY NEARS 25,000

CHANDIGARH: Five coronavirus infected patients in Haryana succumbed to the respiratory illness on Friday, taking the death toll to 327. Among the dead were two persons each from Gurugram and Nuh and one from Palwal.

As per the medical bulletin, 795 new infections were reported on Friday, which pushed the cumulative number of positive cases to 24,797. The number of active patients on Friday was 5,752. Six NCR districts accounted for 77% of the new cases.

The bulletin said that 533 infected persons recovered from the viral illness on Friday, taking the total number of cured cases to 18,718, over 75% of the cumulative positive cases.

Three NCR districts bordering Delhi — Faridabad (160), Gurugram (133) and Sonepat (69) — collectively threw up 45% of the fresh infections on Friday.

In addition, three more

NCR districts — Rewari (156) and Nuh (43) bordering Gurugram; and Mahendergarh (57) bordering Rewari — accounted for 32% of the new infections.

In all, the six NCR districts collectively accounted for 618 new infections out of 795.

The bulletin said there were 76 critically ill patients, including 17 on ventilator support, while 5,676 infected persons had mild symptoms.

Among the other districts, Hisar reported 39 new cases followed by Panchkula (26), Jhajjar (25), Karnal (24), Panipat (15), Palwal (12), Bhiwani and Sirsa (10 each), Kurukshetra (9), Yamunanagar (6) and Kaithal (1).

Though the health bulletin mentioned five deaths, Ambala and Rohtak administrations reported three fatalities on Friday.

Ambala CMO Dr Kuldeep Singh said, “Two people died in the district, taking its death toll to eight. Both of them had attended wedding ceremonies lately.”

77% NEW INFECTIONS REPORTED FROM SIX NCR DISTRICTS; DEATH TOLL REACHES 327

TEMPLES TO REMAIN OPEN TILL 10PM ON SUNDAY

The state government on Friday ordered that temples in Haryana, except Gurugram and Faridabad, will remain open from 5am to 10pm on July 19 in view of Shivratri observed during the month of Shravan. Additional chief secretary (ACS), home, Vijai Vardhan said temple managements have been advised to follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs), including allowing only individual prayers and sanitisation of premises at regular intervals. “To prevent overcrowding, temple managements have been told to issue tokens and ensure that not more than five persons are allowed to worship inside the temple,” said the order.