433 Covid-19 deaths, 17,809 new cases in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh reported a total 433 Covid-19 deaths and 17,809 new cases of the virus on Tuesday, even as 27,630 patients in the three states were put in the recovered or discharged category.
Punjab recorded the highest number of new deaths, 231, and 7,143 new cases. Also, 8,174 patients were discharged. Himachal Pradesh reported a record 78 deaths and 2,892 new cases, while 4,559 patients recovered. Haryana got 7,774 new cases, 124 deaths, and 14,897 recoveries.
Punjab’s overall rally reached 12,317 deaths, 5,11,652 cases, and 72,277 active cases. A total 62,082 tests for Covid were conducted during the day. In Haryana, the tally for Covid has reached 7,09,689 cases, of which 6,26,852 patients have recovered, 6,923 have died and 75,914 are under treatment. Himachal has so far recorded 1,66,678 positive cases, of which 34,888 are active, 1,29,315 patients have recovered, and 2,447 patients have died.
In Punjab, Ludhiana district recorded the highest number of 991 positive cases, followed by Bathinda (754), Mohali (717), Jalandhar (663) and Patiala (513). Positivity rate is 11.51%. Also, 50,443 people in the state; the total is 42,98,228. As many as 1,151 health care and frontline workers, 1,911 people above 45 years of age and 44,628 people between 18-44 years were vaccinated with the first dose of the Covid vaccine on Tuesday. Whereas, 704 health care and frontline workers and 2,049 people above 45 years of age got their second dose of the vaccine on Tuesday.
Among active cases, 422 patients who were on ventilator support and 8,202 on oxygen support in Punjab.
Sirsa and Bhiwani emerged as new Covid-19 hotspots in Haryana. Fourteen deaths were reported from Gurgaon, 10 each from Hisar and Karnal, nine from Jind, eight each from Faridabad, Ambala and Rewari, seven from Bhiwani, six each from Rohtak and Charkhi Dadri, five each from Panipat,Yamunanagar, Sirsa and Jhajjar, four each from Fatehabad and Sonipat, three from Kurukshetra, two each from Panchkula and Kaithal, and one each from Palwal, Nuh and Mahendragarh.
There were 1,247 new cases in Gurgaon, 691 in Sirsa, 630 in Hisar, 530 in Bhiwani, 452 in Jhajjar, 429 in Faridabad, 408 in Sonipat, 377 in Karnal, 332 in Jind, 325 in Rohtak, 317 in Yamunanagar, 298 in Mahendragarh, 280 in Rewari, 270 in Panchkula, 262 in Palwal, 178 in Ambala, 174 in Fatehabad, 164 in Kurukshetra, 154 in Panipat, 127 in Charkhi Dadri, 74 in Kaithal, and 55 in Nuh. The number of vaccinations in Haryana crossed 50-lakh mark, as 57,638 persons were vaccinated during the day. The first dose was given to 55,360 persons and second dose to 2,278 people.
In Himachal, 23 deaths were reported from Hamirpur, 15 from Kangra, 10 from Solan, eight from Mandi, seven from Sirmaur, six from Shimla, three each from Kullu and Una, two from Chamba, and one from Kinnaur. Positive cases include 222 from Bilaspur, 172 from Chamba, 123 from Hamirpur, 942 from Kangra, 67 from Kinnaur, 106 from Kullu, 19 from Lahaul-Spiti, 314 from Mandi, 351 from Shimla, 143 from Sirmaur, 259 from Solan, and 174 from Una. Recovered patients include 307 from Bilaspur, 104 from Chamba, 423 from Hamirpur, 1,329 from Kangra, 76 from Kinnaur district, 108 from Kullu district, 25 from Lahaul-Spiti district, 842 from Mandi district, 372 from Shimla district, 351 from Sirmaur district, 403 from Solan district and 219 from Una district.
There are 2,684 active cases in Bilaspur, 2,392 in Chamba, 2,423 in Hamirpur, 11,122 in Kangra, 381 in Kinnaur, 945 in Kullu, 235 in Lahaul-Spiti, 3,421 in Mandi, 3,020 in Shimla, 2,718 in Sirmaur, 2,984 in Solan, and 2,563 in Una. So far, 17,63,099 persons have been tested for Covid-19. Of them, 15,92,882 persons have tested negative. Since 7 pm on Monday, 15,835 samples were tested in the state and results of 3,539 were awaited.