Covid-19: Haryana nears 15,000 cases, but continues improving in recoveries

CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s overall recoveries on Wednesday reached 10,499 as 527 patients were discharged, even as 393 new cases and four deaths took the state’s overall Covid count to 14,941 cases and 240 casualties.
Sixty-one patients were stated tobe in a critical condition when this report was filed, with 47 on oxygen support and 14 on ventilator support.

With this, the doubling rate for Covid-19 — the number of days it takes for the cases of the virus to double — widened to 16 days and recovery rate rose to 70.27% . At the moment, 4202 patients are being treated in the state and the condition of 61 of them is critical.
Faridabad and Gurugram continued to dominate the tally. In recoveries, Gurugram has so far recorded 5,473 cases and 4,079 recoveries, while Faridabad has gotten 3,898 cases and 2,581 recoveries.On Wedensday, Gurugram got 116 new cases and a death, and Faridabad recorded yet again the highest number of cases in the state — 165. Three patients also died in the district, where the death count has risen to 80.
Gurugram’s casualty count is 92.
Bhiwani got the third highest number of cases, 26. It was followed by 22 new cases in Rohtak, 14 in Karnal, 10 in Palwal, nine in Ambala, eight in Nuh, six in Panipat, five in Mahindergarh, four each in Kurukshetra and Fathabad, two in Yamunanngar, and one each in Jhajjar and Kaithal.
With 2,69,726 tests conducted in the state so far, Haryana’s testing rate has gone up to 10,640 tests per million.