Haryana count crosses 35,000, 7 succumb to coronavirus

CHANDIGARH: With 793 new patients and seven deaths, Haryana’s Covid count on Saturday reached 35,758 cases with 428 casualties. The recovery rate reached another high of 81.32% as 853 patients were discharged. So far, 29,080 patients have recovered.
Now, there are 6,250 active cases, including 111 patients on oxygen support and 16 on ventilator, The doubling rate continued to be stable at 25 days.

Faridabad had the highest number of 175 new patients and it reported three deaths as well. With this, the district’s total rose to 8,830 with 134 deaths. With 252 patients getting discharged, the total number of recoveries in the district rose to 7,547.
Gurugram got 99 new patients, taking the district total to 9,166. A death took the district’s casualty count to 124. Also, 120 patients were discharged and this the number of recoveries in the district to 8,124. Now, there are 918 active patients in the district.
Panipat, Rewari and Ambala emerged as new hotspots. Panipat got 93 new patients and a death, and it was followed by 85 caes in Rewari and 83 in Ambala.
Yamuanangar got 40 new patients, followed by 38 in Panchkula, 37 in Kurukshetra, 34 in Rohtak, 28 in Karnal, 27 in Hisar, 17 in Fatehabad, 15 in Palwal, 13 in Kaithal, five in Jhajajr, two in Nuh, and one each in Bhiwani and Sonipat.
The testing-per-million rate has risen 24,808 as over 6.28 lakh persons have been tested so far.