523 new Covid cases reported in Gurugram, tally nears 34,000

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GURUGRAM: The city reported 523 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. Gurugram’s Covid tally now stands at 33,778. The health department said 451 people recovered from the infection on Saturday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 28,920.
An official said that person succumbed to the infection in the past 24 hours. Till date, 225 people have died of Covid-19 in the city, of whom 170 had comorbidities. The district has been witnessing a rise in Covid cases again since Oct 21. The daily positivity rate is around 15%.
On Saturday, 22 people were sent to institutional quarantine facilities. The district has a total of 4,562 active cases, of which 4,261 are in home isolation. The health authorities have collected 3,722 samples in the past 24 hours for antigen and RT-PCR tests.
So far, 3,81,730 people have been put under surveillance in the district. The health department has sent 3,78,414 samples for testing, of which 3,40,914 turned out to be negative, while the results of 2,545 are still awaited.
The city had on Friday witnessed the highest single-day spike with 704 fresh Covid cases.
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