3,263 cases in week, lowest in 6 months

Sushil Manav

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 28

With the number of fresh Covid cases dropping to less than 3,500 (500 per day) in the past seven days, the rate of new infections in Haryana is at a six-month low.

Also, the active cases in the state have come down to 4,269, which again is the lowest after June this year. With 17 active cases per lakh population, Haryana has the lowest number in the region followed by 62 active cases per lakh in Himachal Pradesh, 41 in Delhi and 33 in Chandigarh.

However, Punjab has slightly lower active cases per lakh than Haryana at 16.

Don’t lower guard

The virus spread has shown a downward trend this month, but it doesn’t mean people should lower their guard. As far as the government efforts are concerned, testing is on at the same pace. People should observe the Covid protocols whenever they step out of their houses. — Rajeev Arora, ACS, Health, Haryana

With a recovery rate of 97.2 per cent, Haryana is better than others in the region. Chandigarh has a recovery rate of 96.6 per cent, Punjab 94.1 per cent and Himachal Pradesh 90.4 per cent.

Delhi, with 97.2 per cent, has the recovery rate exactly equal to that of Haryana.

Of the 22 districts in the state, 17 have 20 or lesser number of active cases per lakh population, eight districts have less than 10 while seven districts have less than five active cases.

The Covid spread in the state is showing a receding trend for the past few weeks, with the one ending on Sunday recording 3,263 new cases.

The last time the state recorded less than 3,500 cases a week was in June this year when 2,760 and 3,427 new infections were witnessed in the second and third week of the month.

With new infections hovering between 4,200 and 8,800 per week in July and August, the virus witnessed an unusual spurt in September when 17,616 cases were reported in the third week.

Cases hovered around 8,000 per week during October, only to shoot again in November when during the second and third weeks, 17,070 and 17,626 new cases, respectively, surfaced.

December again brought much-needed respite for people as the first week saw 8,496 cases, second witnessed 5,252 infections while the third one from December 21 to 27 saw just 3,263 cases.

With 70 active cases per lakh population, Gurugram is the worst followed by Panchkula (44), Faridabad (30), Panipat (25) and Kurukshetra (23).

Nuh district has just one active case per lakh population, Bhiwani has two, Kaithal and Palwal have three each, Hisar has four and Mahendragarh and Fatehabad have five active cases per lakh population each.

8 more succumb, 351 fresh cases surface in 24 hours

• With 351 fresh cases, the Covid tally was pegged at 2,61,258 in Haryana on Monday. Meanwhile, the death toll climbed to 2,882 with an addition of eight more fatalities
• Gurugram reported a maximum of 81 cases, followed by Faridabad (49), Yamunanagar (29), Ambala (28) and Panipat (22)
• Faridabad and Panchkula reported two deaths each, while Karnal, Kurukshetra, Jhajjar and Palwal reported one death each

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