Yet again, Haryana on Wednesday reported highest single day surge of 302 fresh Covid-19 cases so far, raising the total of infected cases to 2,954. Of the 302 new cases reported on Wednesday, 132 are from Gurugram alone. Faridabad accounted for 69 cases, the second highest district of the State followed by 28 new cases each in Narnaul and Sonepat.  20 more patients have recovered from various hospitals of the State over the last 24 hours on Wednesday.

The State has a recovery rate of 36.87 per cent, fatality rate at 0.78 per cent while tests per million being conducted are 5,045. The doubling rate in the State is six days.  As per the Health bulletin, 23 deaths have been reported so far in the State. With 1, 089 people cured and discharged from the hospitals, there are 1,842 active Covid-19 cases in Haryana now.

Gurugram reported 132 new cases of the disease, taking the total in the district to 1195.  Faridabad reported 69 new case of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 487.  Sonepat reported 28 cases, taking tally to 261. Nuh reported six more cases, taking total to 78. Eight more corona virus cases reported in Ambala, taking total to 69. Panipat reported one more case, taking the tally to 65. One more case reported in Panchkula, taking total to 27.

Karnal reported 10 more cases, taking count to 66. One more case reported in Fatehabad, taking total to 25. One more case reported in Bhiwani, talking total to 45. Seven more cases have been reported in Rohtak, taking total to 97.  28 more corona virus cases reported in Narnaul, taking total to 70. Hisar reported eight more cases, taking the tally to 61. One more case reported in Kaithal, taking total to 30. One more corona virus case reported in Kurukshetra, taking total to 37.

According to officials, a total of 20 Covid patients were discharged from various districts including four in Gurugram, 10 in Sonepat, one in Nuh, one in Panchkula, one in Yamunanagar and two in Sirsa.

By Wednesday evening, Haryana had sent as 127,895 nasopharyngeal samples for testing to various diagnostic laboratories, of which 120,393 tested negative while report was awaited in 4,548 cases, the Health Department said.

34 CASES, ONE DEATH IN PUNJAB

Punjab on Wednesday reported one death and 34 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the state's Covid-19 death toll to 47, out of total 2,376 tested positive for the deadly contagion till date. 

Among those tested positive, 13 cases have their source of infection from outside Punjab, besides two health workers, a police personnel, and a pregnant.

With 12 more patients — four each from Hoshiarpur and Pathankot, three from Amritsar and one Barnala — recovering from the virus, the state now has 300 active cases with total number of recovered patients standing at 2029, at a recovery rate of 85 percent. 

The corona death was reported from Jalandhar on Tuesday night where a 64-year-old, already suffering from diabetes and asthma, died at Ludhiana’s Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. A resident of Tagore Nagar in Jalandhar, the woman — who was initially admitted to a private hospital in Jalandhar and later referred to DMCH — had tested positive for Covid-19 on June 1. This is the district’s ninth death. 

Punjab had recorded two corona deaths a day before — an 85-year-old ex-serviceman from Ludhiana and 60-year-old from Pathankot. 

Besides, Jalandhar also reported three new cases, including one person who recently returned from abroad. 

However, Jalandhar district authorities has maintained that 10 people had tested positive since Tuesday evening, including eight who are the members and contacts of a family which had come in contact with a Lajpat Nagar family, and one of their contacts at Bhargo Camp. Jalandhar administration has listed the district tally at 263.

After a gap of two days, seven cases were reported from SAS Nagar (Mohali), including three with travel histories — one of whom recently returned from Lucknow, three were categorized as ILI (influenza-like illness) and one was an auxillary nurse midwife. With this, the district’s coronavirus count has increased to 116, with 15 active cases. "Extensive sampling is on. As of now, 6050 samples have been taken in the district,” said Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan.

 Pathankot also reported seven fresh cases — of which four were contacts of already diagnosed cases, two were categorized as ILI and the last had a travel history. 

In SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr), one person who recently returned from abroad tested positive. A migrant was among two people who tested positive in Patiala. Two people who recently returned from abroad were among Gurdaspur’s three new cases. 

In Faridkot, one auxilury nurse midwife and one police person was tested positive. The third case was a person who recently returned from abroad.

Amritsar continued to lead the Covid-19 tally in the state with 390 coronavirus cases, followed by 258 in Jalandhar; 200 in Ludhiana; 157 in Tarn Taran; 144 in Gurdaspur; 133 in Hoshiarpur; 125 in Patiala; 120 in Mohali; 105 in SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr); and 102 in Sangrur.

ONE TESTS POSITIVE IN CHANDIGARH

A 25 years old male, a resident of Delhi was tested Covid-19 positive in Chandigarh on Wednesday.  He works in Delhi and is a resident of Uttrakhand.

“The patient returned from Delhi on May 22 to visit his mother, who is a housemaid at Sector-21 here. He developed fever and sore throat on May 1 and visited GMSH-16 on June 2 for checkup and tested positive,” the Chandigarh Health Department’s bulletin stated. The cases in Chandigarh stood at 301 on Wednesday, the bulletin added.

Meanwhile, two days after death of an elderly woman in containment zone -Sector 30 B, the residents held a protest on Wednesday demanding that the sealing be lifted from the area.  An 80 years old woman, who was tested Covid positive post-death, had allegedly died due to delay in availability of ambulance to take her to GMSH-16

 MC area councilor Devinder Singh Babla had also written to the UT Administration alleging that this was the second case in Sector 30 in which a person had died due to failure of Administration.

While an elderly woman died on Monday, an elderly man had died earlier. All the residents in Sector 30 B have been living in the sealing area for two months now, he had said.

 Meanwhile, another protest was held at containment zone -Bapu Dham colony where residents demanded relaxations in movement. 14 out of 20 pockets in BDC are sealed to stem the spread of coroanavirus.