Haryana takes 89 days to cross 6,000-mark

15 dists report 366 new cases, state’s tally now 6,334

CHANDIGARH/AMBALA: Haryana recorded six Covid-related deaths on Friday while its case count crossed the 6,000-mark.

Among the deceased were four patients from Faridabad and one each from Sonepat and Palwal.

Now, the state’s death toll stands at 70. It took the state 89 days to touch the 6,000-mark of cumulative positive cases.

As per a health department bulletin, 15 districts of the state reported 366 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, pushing the Haryana’s tally to 6,334.

The total number of active cases was 3,789, while 215 persons were declared recovered. There were 46 critically ill Covid-19 patients, 16 of whom required ventilator support.

More than 74% of the fresh infections in the state were detected in three national capital region (NCR) districts of Gurugram, Faridabad and Sonepat, which threw up a joint tally of 273 cases. Gurugram saw 185 new cases, followed by Faridabad (57) and Sonepat (31).

Among other districts, Ambala and Palwal recorded 28 cases each followed by Kaithal (11), Nuh and Yamunanagar (5 each), Hisar (4), Kurukshetra and Jhajjar (3 each), Panipat and Fatehabad (2 each), Jind and Charkhi Dadri (1 each).

Karnal, Rohtak, Rewari, Mahendergarh, Bhiwani, Panchkula and Sirsa did not report any fresh case on Friday, the medical bulletin mentioned.

But the administrations said 12 cases in Bhiwani and 13 in Rohtak were reported since Thursday night. Panipat chief medical officer Sant Lal Verma said five tested positive in the district.

MULLANA CENTRE TO TREAT PATIENTS FROM OTHER DISTS ONLY

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the northern districts of Haryana, the dedicated facility in Ambala’s Mullana will now treat only symptomatic patients from other districts.

The Covid care centre at MMU Medical College in Mullana caters to the infected patients from Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Yamunanagar and Panchkula districts.

The spurt in cases post-June 1 has left vacant only 20 out of 200 beds reserved for Covid patients at the hospital, health officials said.

Hospital’s deputy medical superintendent Dr LN Garg said the decision to treat only symptomatic patients was in line with the government’s instructions. We have to spare some beds for emergency too, he added.