Highest 12 deaths in Haryana, maximum 158 Covid cases in Punjab

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: On Sunday, Haryana reported 51 Covid cases, 12 deaths and 87 recoveries. While in Punjab, 158 people were tested positive and five died — one death each in Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Jalandhar and Muktsar. Himachal Pradesh reported one Covid-19 death from Kangra district and 87 positive cases.
In total over 2 crore vaccination doses have been adminstrated in the three states. Haryana is leading with 94,09,759 doses, Punjab 70,17,721 and Himachal Pradesh 39,86,005 doses.
In Haryana, Gurgaon and Panchkula reported two deaths each. One death each has been reported from Hisar, Karnal, Panipat, Yamunanangar, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Fatehabad and Kaithal districts. Also, 12 out of 22 districts did not report any fresh deaths while four districts did not report any new case.
On the vaccination front, a total of 56,389 persons were jabbed in Haryana. A total of 39,701 got the first dose while 16,688 got the second. Cumulative vaccination coverage has reached 94,07,241. In Punjab, 84,623 people were inoculated of which 61,140 received the first dose and 23,483 were given the second dose.
On the Covid front, Haryana’s overall count has reached 7,68,903 cases, 7,58,231 recoveries, 9,486 deaths and 1,186 active cases. Of the total active cases, 485 are in home isolation while the remaining are hospitalised on oxygen support and ventilator support. While in HImachal, 166 patients recovered. With this, the state has 2,02,642 confirmed positive cases of which 1,365 cases are active, 1,97,778 patients have recovered while 3,467 patients have died.
Positivity rate of the day declined further to 0.18% in Haryana. Positivity rate for the second Covid wave has been recorded at 11.13%. Palwal recorded the highest of 10 cases while remaining districts recorded less than 10. Four districts, namely Jhajjar, Fathabad, Nuh and Charkhi Dadri did not report any new cases.
In Punjab, as many as 18 people were tested positive in Bathinda, 14 in Amritsar, 13 each in Ludhiana and Mohali, 12 each in Patiala and Sangrur, 11 in Fazilka, nine each in Ferozepur, Jalandhar and Mansa, six in Hoshiarpur, five in Muktsar, three each in Barnala, Faridkot, Kapurthala, Pathankot and Tarn Taran, two each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Ropar and Nawanshahr, and one in Gurdaspur.
Positive cases reported from Himachal include 14 from Bilaspur district, eight from Chamba district, eight from Hamirpur, three from Kangra district, three from Kullu, three from Lahaul-Spiti, 12 from Mandi, 22 from Shimla, 11 from Solan and three from Una.
Those who have recovered include 16 from Bilaspur, 42 from Chamba, 12 from Hamirpur, 15 from Kangra, three from Kinnaur, 25 from Kullu, 12 from Mandi, 12 from Shimla, nine from Sirmaur, four from Solan and 16 from Una.
Bilaspur district has 83 active cases, Chamba has 206, Hamirpur has 99, Kangra has 243, Kinnaur has 50, Kullu 89, Lahaul-Spiti has 15, Mandi has 180, Shimla has 198, Sirmaur has 41, Solan has 71 active cases and Una has 90.