Covid-19: 789 fresh cases take Haryana tally to 40,843; death toll rises to 474

CHANDIGARH: With 789 new cases detected on Saturday, Haryana’s Covid-19 tally reached 40,843. Seven persons died of the disease in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 474.
Among the 40,843 cases of Covid-19 in the state, 27,117 are men, 13,715 are women and 11 are transgender. On Saturday, Faridabad reported the highest number of 149 cases and Panipat followed with 126 cases.

Other districts where novel coronavirus infection count soared included Gurugram (99), Ambala (88), Rewari (69), Panchkula (61), Hisar (36), Palwal (27), Kurukhetra (33), Kaithal (18), Bhiwani (19), Jhajjar (11), Nuh (8), Fatehabad (9) and Jind (4).
The state has 6,338 active cases of Covid-19 and 34,031 persons have been discharged. The doubling rate has been recorded at 28 days. Till Saturday, a total of 7,30,036 persons were tested. Around 59,614 persons are presently under surveillance. As many as 103 patients in the state are currently on oxygen support and 22 are on ventilators.