Gurgaon: The city on Tuesday reported 255 new
cases of Covid-19 taking the tally to 25,879. According to the health department, 255 people recovered on Tuesday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 23,309.
“Two people succumbed to the infection during the past 24 hours,” an official said. Till date, 193 people have died of Covid-19 in the city, of whom 141 had comorbidities. The district has been witnessing a rise in
Covid cases again since August 21.
On Tuesday, nine people were sent to institutional quarantine facilities. The district has a total of 2,370 active cases, of which 2,195 are under home isolation. The health authorities have collected 3,005 samples in the past 24 hours for antigen and RT-PCR tests.
So far, 3,22,952 people have been put under surveillance in the district. The health department has sent 3,19,636 samples for testing, of which 2,90,759 turned out to be negative, while the results of 1,535 are still awaited.