3 succumb, cases near 18K in Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7

With 495 fresh cases, Covid tally in the state reached 17,999 today. With three deaths, the number of fatalities rose to 279.

Kurukshetra, Bhiwani and Gurugram reported one death each. A 65-year-old woman from Pipli succumbed to the virus. This was the first Covid death in Kurukshetra. She had multiple health complications and died at the PGI in Chandigarh.

Fresh cases were reported from Gurugram (125), Faridabad (122), Bhiwani (45), Sonepat (29), Jhajjar (28), Mahendragarh (25), Panipat and Kurukshetra (21 each), Palwal (15), Jind (14), Rohtak (12), Hisar and Rewari (10 each), Yamunanagar (9), Sirsa and Ambala (3 each), Nuh (2) and Panchkula (1).

Fresh cases in Faridabad were reported from Ballabgarh, Old Faridabad, Dabua Colony, Sanjay Colony, Jawahar Colony, Adarsh Colony, Kheri Kalan village, Sector 7, Sector 8, Sector 16, Sector 21-A, Adarsh Nagar and SGM Nagar. An airhostess was among the three positive cases in Ambala.

Private lab under lens for wrong results

• Ambala: Health Minister Anil Vij has ordered an FIR against a private lab for reporting negative cases of Covid as positive in Ambala and some other districts of the state.
• In April, some patients tested Covid-positive at the lab. But they were found negative when tested in government laboratories. Vij had marked an inquiry then. Civil Surgeons of Ambala and Gurugram were asked to submit their findings.
• Ambala Civil Surgeon Dr Kuldeep Singh said, “We had submitted our report to the state headquarters in May, highlighting flaws in the reports of the private lab. We have recommended further inquiry.”
• Vij said, “I have asked the Additional Chief Secretary, Health, to get an FIR lodged against SRL lab for wrong Covid results.”