Haryana count at 38,548 with 752 Covid-19 cases, 7 lose battle

CHANDIGARH: With 752 new Covid-19 cases surfacing on Wednesday, the overall count of the positive cases in Haryana has reached 38,548. The state also recorded seven deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, pushing the toll to 455.
With the latest figures, the number of active cases has reached 6,133, while the doubling rate of cases stands at 26 days. As many as 115 patients in the state are on oxygen support and 25 on ventilator. In all, 31,960 patients have so far been discharged on recovery.
On Wednesday, Faridabad received the highest number of 169 cases and Panipat remained at number two with 74 cases. Other districts with significantly high number of cases included Ambala (68), Gurugram (64), Rohtak (51), Rewari (45), Mahendragarh (35), Sirsa (33), Sonepat (32), Yamunanagar (23), Palwal (23) Charkhi Dadri (22) and Fatehabad (20). Fresh cases have also been reported from Panchkula (19), Karnal (16), Hisar (15), Kaithal (10), Kurukshetra (9), Jhajjar (8), Nuh (7), Jind (5) and Bhiwani (4).
Till now, a total of 683,500 persons in the state have been tested for the virus infection and around 60,098 persons are currently under surveillance. Of all the cases till now, 25,598 have been male, 12,947 female and three transgender.
In terms of overall highest cases in the districts, Faridabad has now become number one, replacing Gurugram. While Faridabad has recorded 9,510 cases, Gurugram has seen 9,412.