With 28 new cases, Haryana’s tally reaches 675

CHANDIGARH: With 28 more positive cases, the Covid-19 count mounted to 675 in Haryana on Saturday. Among the new patients are 16 people from Gurugram, three from Sonepat and Rewari, two from Panchkula and Mahendergarh and one each from Panipat and Sirsa. Senior doctors said the fresh cases included three contacts of vegetable sellers, 12 of persons frequenting Delhi and a delivery boy.

In Sonepat, the new cases were of wife and son of an infected Delhi cop and a vegetable seller.

12 CASES REPORTED IN SONEPAT

Though the health department bulletin did not mention them, 12 new cases were reported from Sonepat, taking the district tally to 100. Sonepat civil surgeon BK Rajoura said the new patients included a 23-year-old youth of Memarpur village and a 63-yearold man suffering from cancer. “We are tracing the history of remaining 10 patients,” he added.

A truck driver, meanwhile, also tested positive at Dadri’s Jhojhu Kalan village. He used to visit Delhi’s Azadpur Mandi to bring vegetables.

LABOURER FOUND INFECTED IN KAITHAL

A 23-year-old labourer was found infected in Kaithal. He used to work with a private company in Gurugram. In Sirsa, a 26-year-old man was tested positive, following which the health department started his contact tracing.

Meanwhile, 11 more people, including 10 from Jhajjar, were discharged on Saturday.