Haryana corona count: 7 more deaths, 370 new infections take fatalities to 52, cases to 5,579

Seven more people died of COVID-19 and 370 tested positive for it, taking total fatalities due to disease to 52 and total cases of infection to 5,579 in state on Wednesday.

worst-hit Faridabad district reported three deaths, Gurgaon two and Sonipat one while Charkhi Dadri reported its first coronavirus fatality, a state Health Department bulletin revealed.

Haryana had on Tuesday reported six fatalities while state had on Monday reported 11 COVID-19 deaths.

Of total 52 deaths till date, 18 occurred till w in Faridabad, thirteen in Gurgaon and five in Sonipat, bulletin said.

Among fresh cases reported on Wednesday, Gurgaon reported 217 taking cumulative infections in district to 2,546, of which 1,709 were active cases.

As many as 41 cases were also reported from Faridabad, 28 from Sonipat, 23 from Rohtak, 13 from Ambala, 11 from Jind, 10 from Charkhi Dadri, six from Fatehabad, five each from Kurukshetra and Hisar, two each from Rewari, Yamunanagar, Panchkula and Nuh and one each from Kaithal, Bhiwani and Sirsa.

During past over ten days, Haryana has been daily reporting a large number of cases, particularly from Gurgaon and Faridabad districts.

number of total active COVID-19 patients in state has w gone up to 3,339 while 2,188 patients have recovered, as per bulletin.

Asked if Gurgaon was heading towards a st of community spread of disease, Additional Chief Secretary Rajeev Arora told reporters here that district's population was nearly two million and going by number of active cases, that wasn't case.

He, however, said government and Health Department was making all efforts to check furr spread of infection.

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