COVID-19: Haryana records 16 fresh cases, tally rises to 705

According to the official Health bulletin, out of 16 new cases, Jhajjar district reported nine, followed by Sonepat five and Mahendergarh and Charkhi Dadri one fresh case each.

Of the ten fatalities till now, three deaths each have been reported from Panipat and Faridabdad districts, two from Ambala district, while one death each was reported from Karnal and Rohtak districts.

Gurugram tops the tally in the state with 142 confirmed cases, followed by Sonepat 105, Faridabad 95, Jhajjar 83, Nuh 60, Ambala 41, Palwal 37, Panipat 36, Panchkula 22, Jind 17, Karnal 14, Yamunanagar eight, Fatehabad and Sirsa seven each, Bhiwani six, Rohtak and Mahendergarh five each, Hisar four, Charkhi Dadri, Rewari and Kaithal three each and Kurukshetra district recorded two cases.

Out of 58,352 samples, 705 have tested positive and 52,346 negative, while reports of 5,287 were awaited. There are 409 active cases in the state.

A total of 286 patients, including 57 from Nuh, 55 from Faridabad, 51 from Gurugram, 33 from Palwal, 18 from Panchkula, 14 from Sonepat, 11 from Ambala, 10 from Jhajjar, eight from Paniat, five from Karnal, four each from Sirsa and Yamunanagar, three each from Bhiwani and Hisar, two each from Rohtak, Kurukshetra, Kaithal and Jind and one patient each from Fatehabad and Charkhi Dadri districts have been discharged from hospitals, so far.

A total of 37,531 patients have been put on surveillance till date, out of which 23,468 have completed their surveillance period and currently only 14,063 patients are under surveillance.

Meanwhile, apart from 705 positive cases, 14 Italian nationals in the state had tested positive. Thirteen of them had been discharged after their initial test came out negative and one later tested negative for COVID-19. However, he died due to some other reason, the bulletin added.