Covid case load crosses 8.6k

Gurgaon: The city on Sunday reported 121 new cases of Covid-19, taking the tally to 8,612. The health department said that 170 people recovered on Sunday, taking the total number of recoveries to 7,408. No Covid-related death was reported in the city on Sunday. So far, 120 people have died of Covid, of whom 82 had comorbidities.
So far, 99,753 people have been put under surveillance in the district. The health department has sent 93,903 samples for testing, of which 83,623 turned out to be negative, while the results of 284 are still awaited. On Sunday, 10 people were put under government quarantine. The district has a total of 1,084 active cases, of which 919 are under home isolation. The health authorities were able to collect 1,668 samples in the past 24 hours for antigen and RT PCR tests.