GURUGRAM: The city reported 398
Covid cases on Friday, 30 more than what was registered a day earlier. The last time there were so many cases was on December 10, when also 398 people had tested positive. So far, 63,792 people have been found to have Covid in the city.
While 1,468 new cases were added to Gurugram’s tally between March 22 and 28, 1,496 cases were reported over the past five days.
On November 8 last year, the city had seen its highest single-day spike with 964 cases. The number dropped significantly in January, when 1,416 cases were reported, and plunged to almost half the next month, when 786 cases were added to the tally. In March, there was a gradual increase in the caseload, with 4,020 people testing positive.
Meanwhile, one person succumbed to the infection on Friday, taking the toll to 366. Of them, 281 had comorbidities. With 262 recoveries on Friday, the total increased to 61,143 in the city.
Currently, there are 2,283
active cases, with 2,083 of the patients in home isolation. In the last 24 hours, a total of 5,595 tests were conducted in the city. Of these, 4,895 tests were through the
RT-PCR method while 700 were using rapid antigen kits.