Haryana on Friday registered 17 more Covid-19 fatalities as the death toll due to the coronavirus in the State reached 1705, the State health department said in a health bulletin. A total of 1270 fresh cases pushed the total infections to 1,55,765, bulletin stated.

Of the fresh deaths, three each were from Faridabad, Hisar; two each from Bhiwani, Gurugram and one each from Karnal, Palwal, Jhajjar, Kurukshetra, Fatehabad, Kaithal and Jind, the state health department said in a health bulletin. A total of 1180 Covid-19 patients were cured and released from the hospitals in the State, taking the total count to 1, 43, 978. Among the districts which reported a big spike in the cases were Gurugram (351), Faridabad (188), Hisar (125), Mahendergarh (66), Rewari (64) and Sonipat (53). There are 10,082 active cases in the state and the recovery rate is 92.43 percent.

2 DEATHS, 72 FRESH CASES IN CHANDIGARH

Two city residents succumbed to the COVID-19 as 72 fresh positive cases were reported in Chandigarh on Friday. “The death toll reached 214 and the total case tally stood at 13920 in Chandigarh”, stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin.“There were 697 active cases till the evening. 85 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 13009. The recovery rate increased to 93 percent while the active ratio of cases was recorded at 5 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 5 are currently infected in the city,” as per the health bulletin.

Till now, 100045 samples have so far been tested in the city. 1064 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and the result of 131 was awaited, the bulletin stated.

 Meanwhile, the UT Administration has declared six new micro-containment zones in the city to contain the spread of infection.