Haryana records 2 more deaths, 296 fresh COVID-19 cases

Haryana on Tuesday reported two more deaths and its highest single-day spike of 296 COVID-19 cases, with worst-hit Gurgaon adding 160 patients and crossing 1,000-mark.

With 296 fresh cases, total number of infections in Haryana rose to 2,652.

fresh fatalities were reported from Faridabad, taking death toll to 23 in state, according to health department's bulletin.

Of 296 new cases, a maximum of 160 cases were reported from Gurgaon, bulletin said.

Among or districts which reported fresh cases are Rohtak (45), Faridabad (26), Sonipat (21), Ambala (seven), Palwal (nine), Jind (three), Karnal and Sirsa (four each), Fatehabad (five) and Bhiwani (six), Jhajjar and Panipat (two each), Narnaul and Kurukshetra (one each), it said.

At present, re are 1,560 active cases in Haryana, while 1,069 patients have recovered from disease.

With a spike in coronavirus cases, state's recovery rate dropped furr from 50.12 per cent on Sunday to 40.31 per cent.

rate at which infections are doubling in state fell from eight on Monday to six.

Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij had said that state would have been much better on COVID-19 front had it t been impacted by Delhi, while pointing out that "70-80 per cent of cases (in Haryana) are from districts adjoining national capital". 

Im Credits: PTI