HARYANA’S DAILY POSITIVITY RATE TOUCHES 29.92%
State logs 14,480 new cases, 177 deaths; Gurgaon and Faridabad account for 35% fresh infections
CHANDIGARH: : The daily positivity rate in Haryana touched 29.92% on Thursday. It means that for every 100 people tested for Covid-19, nearly 30 were found positive.
In past 24 hours, the state took 52,132 samples and detected 14,840 new cases while 177 people succumbed to the contagion, according to the government bulletin.
The state’s infection tally stands at 5,73,815.
CHANDIGARH: The daily positivity rate in Haryana touched 29.92% on Thursday. It means that for every 100 people tested for Covid-19, nearly 30 were found positive.
The cumulative positivity rate of the state stands at 7.48%, according to the health department bulletin.
In past 24 hours, the state took 52,132 samples and detected 14,840 new cases while 177 people succumbed to the contagion. The state’s infection tally stands at 5,73,815.
The number of active cases have gone up to 1,15,842, the bulletin added.
The recovery rate saw marginal improvement as it rose to 78.92% from 78.82%.
While 12,246 people recovered from the infection on Thursday, at least 97,618 people were vaccinated across the state.
So far, 41.25 lakh people have received the jab in the state.
Of the total 177 fatalities on Thursday, the districts with the highest number of casualties were Rohtak (23) followed by Hisar (22), Fatehabad (19), Gurugram (13), Bhiwani and Jind (11) and Sirsa (10). Nine people each died in Faridabad, Karnal and Kaithal. So far, 5,137 people have died due to the virus in the state.
The districts that reported a big spike in new cases were Gurgaon (3,737), Faridabad (1,537), Sonipat (1,046), Hisar (1,193), Karnal (621), Sirsa (607), Panipat (792) and Mahendragarh (1,083).
440 police SUVS deployed as ambulances
Following reports of shortage and complaints of overcharging
by private ambulances, Haryana Police have temporarily pressed into service 440 SUVS for free transportation of Covid-19 patients.
These vehicles will be called COV-HOTS, short for Covid-19 Hospital Transport Service.
Director general of police (DGP) Manoj Yadava said each police district will get 20 Toyota Innova SUVS for this purpose.
As many as 126 SUVS have already been pressed into service. People in need can dial 108 or the police control room number for free transportation from their homes to hospitals or viceversa. To ensure that police personnel driving these vehicles are not exposed to any infection, they will wear masks, gloves and PPE kits while on duty.