Covid-19: Highest daily figure of 2,300 cases, 22 fatalities in Haryana

Manvir Saini | TNN | Updated: Sep 6, 2020, 08:02 IST

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CHANDIGARH: Haryana on Saturday witnessed 2,289 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest for a day in the state, and maximum 22 deaths, taking the nCov tally to 74,272 cases with 781 deaths.
The worst-ever spike, which pushed the infection rate to 5.89%, also pulled down the recovery rate to 78.87%, even as the highest-ever 1,409 patients were discharged during the day, pushing the count of cured patients to 58,580. Now, there are total 14,911 active cases in the state, which include 241 serious patients.
The health officials claimed that rapid antigen testing across the state has pushed the Covid figures. The testing rate until Saturday was 50,040 tests per million per day, with total 12.68 lakh persons tested so far.
The NCR districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Panipat and Karnal dominated the figures, as these four districts reported over 200 patients.
Faridabad topped the chart with 284 new cases, where the total has gone up to 13,622 with 176 deaths and 1,034 cases are active. Gurugram recorded 265 new cases and two deaths, taking the total to 13,029 with 137 deaths. There are 1,519 active cases in the district.
Karnal reported its highest spike in a day with 238 new cases, while two patients died. This took the district’s case tally to 3,713 with 41 deaths. Panipat reported 226 new patients and here the count has gone up to 4,430 with 51 deaths.
While Ambala reported 160 patients and two deaths, Panchkula saw 142 new cases and three deaths. Rohtak reported 132 new cases and one death, followed by 125 cases in Sonipat. Hisar saw 112 cases and two deaths, and Kurukshetra 100 patients and three deaths.
Yamunanangar saw 73 cases and two deaths, and Kaithal 68 cases and one death. While 59 cases each were reported in Mahendragarh and Fatehabad districts, the latter also reported one death.
Sirsa reported 49 new cases and one death, Rewari 43 cases, Bhiwani 42 cases and one death. Jind recorded 42 cases, Jhajjar 35, Palwal 21 cases and one death and Nuh 14 cases.