Nine districts account for 66% of 1,818 fresh infections in Haryana
CHANDIGARH: Haryana on Thursday reported 1,818 new coronavirus infections with nine districts, each with more than 100 cases, accounting for 66% of the fresh cases.
They are Gurugram (224), Sonepat (190), Faridabad (150), Panipat and Panchkula (128 each), Sirsa (115), Karnal (112), Hisar (111) and Kurukshetra (100). The fresh infections pushed the state’s patient tally to 70,099.
As per a medical bulletin, 19 infected persons – three each from Karnal and Kurukshetra, two each from Gurugram, Ambala, Hisar, Yamunanagar and Jind and one each from Faridabad, Sirsa and Panchkula – succumbed to the virus on Thursday.
The bulletin said that 1,014 recoveries were reported on Thursday, taking the total number of those recovered to 55,889. The number of active cases stood at 13,470. The recovery rate came down to about 79% and the fatality rate was 1.06%. The bulletin said there were 244
critically ill patients in the state, including 37 on ventilator support.
Several other districts also reported substantial number of new infections. They are Rewari (94), Ambala and Yamunanagar (92 each), Mahendergarh (61), Jind (60) and Fatehabad (50).
Among other districts, Kaithal reported 41 new infections followed by Rohtak (32), Jhajjar (28), Bhiwani (26), Palwal (22), Nuh (15) and Charkhi Dadri (10).
Congress’ Sonepat MLA Surender Panwar’s son and his two staff members have also tested positive for the virus.
Speaker Gian Chand Gupta discharged
Haryana Vidhan Sabha speaker Gian Chand Gupta, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Gurugram after being testing positive for Covid-19, was discharged on Thursday. He reached his Panchkula residence in the evening, officials said.