Covid-19: 97 lose battle in Haryana, 4,400 infected

CHANDIGARH: Haryana reported 4,400 new positive cases of Covid-19, 97 deaths and 9,480 recoveries on Sunday.
Overall, Haryana has recorded 7,38,028 cases, 6,87,700 recoveries, 7,512 deaths and 42,816 active cases.
Eight deaths each were reported from Bhiwani and Hisar districts, seven from Karnal, six each from Faridabad, Ambala, Rewari and Jind, five each from Gurgaon, Panipat and Sirsa, four each from Kaithal, Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Kurukshetra and Sonipat, three each from Rohtak, Panchkula and Yamunanagar, two each from Palwal and Charkhi Dadri, and one from Nuh and Mahendergarh.
Haryana’s Covid positivity rate was 7.94%. During the second wave, from March 3 to May 23, the state’s positivity rate has been 15.64%. The high number of recoveries meant helped recovery rate reach 93.18%.
At 494, Bhiwani reported the highest number of new cases for the day. Hisar reported the second highest, 383. Also, 355 new cases were reported in Jhajjar, 308 in Gurgaon, 299 in Faridabad, 275 in Sirsa, 260 in Sonipat, 227 in Rewari, 207 in Yamunanagar, 203 in Fatehabad, 199 in Karnal, 154 in Rohtak, 144 in Mahindergarh, 140 in Ambala, 124 in Panchkula, 122 in Panipat, 116 in Jind, 101 in Palwal, 90 in Kaithal, 86 in Charkhi Dadri, 83 in Kurukshetra, and 30 in Nuh. As many as 23,745 vaccines were administered in the state — 22,847 persons were given first dose and 898 got the second dose.