CHANDIGARH:
Faridabad, which on Monday reported its highest-ever cases for a day, together with Gurgaon accounted for more than 50% of the 2,427 new cases surfacing in
Haryana, while seven patients died across the state.
This took the state’s case tally to 185,231 with 1,919 deaths, while 2,151 discharged during the day took the number of
recoveries so far to 166,595, though the recovery rate dipped slightly to 89.94% from 89.96% a day ago. The
Covid positivity rate has reached 6.50% and the fatality rate remained contained at 1.04%. Now, there are a total of 16,717 active cases.
Gurgaon reported the
highest 697 new cases and there are 5,345 active cases now. Faridabad also recorded its highest number of cases so far at 570. The district currently has 2,069 active cases. Hisar reported the third-highest 283 fresh cases.
Besides, 110 new cases were recorded in Rohtak, 97 in Sirsa, 96 in Rewari, 80 in Sonipat, 77 in Mahendragarh, 65 in Panchkula, 61 in Fatehabad, 59 in Bhiwani and 52 persons tested positive in Panipat.
Ten other districts reported below 50 cases and three less than 10, with Kaithal reporting the least two cases.
The
testing rate in the state has gone up to 112,517 tests per lakh per million as the overall testing count reached 2,852,300 on Monday.