In Haryana, 1,450 found infected, 7 lose battle

CHANDIGARH: In its highest ever single-day spike in Covid-19 cases in the state, Haryana recorded 1,450 new cases and seven deaths on Monday. Most cases were reported from the neighbouring districts of Panipat and Karnal. With this, the state has had 64,732 cases and 689 casualties. Besides, 1,052 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, taking the overall recoveries to 52,672 and recovery rate of 81.37. At present, there are 11,371 active cases.
Notably, six out of 22 districts on Monday reported more than 100 cases. Besides Panipat and Karnal, rest districts included Ambala, Sonipat, Faridabad and Gurugram, Panipat reported the highest number of cases in a district (154), followed by Karnal (135), Ambala (114), Gurugram (113), Sonipat (109), Faridabad (103), Hisar (86), Panchkula (78), Rohtak (73), Sirsa (67), Mahendragarh (60), Yamunanagar (60), Kurukshetra (57), Jind (51), Kaithal (40), Jhajjar (38), Bhiwani (34), Rewari (27), Palwal (24), Fatehabad (17), Nuh (8) and Charkhi Dadri (2).

Of the seven casualties during the day, three were in Sirsa, two in Kaithal and one each in Panchkula and Faridabad. The highest number of cases has been reported from Faridabad (12,684), Gurgaon (11,931) and Sonipat (4,400). When it comes to active cases, Panipat tops the list with 1,084.