300 cases in Haryana, third time in 5 days

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 5

With 316 fresh cases, the Covid tally in the state reached 3,597 today. It was for the third time in the last five days that fresh cases crossed the 300 mark.

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Fresh cases were reported from Gurugram (153), Faridabad (59), Charkhi Dadri (22), Palwal (14), Kurukshetra (12), Rewari (11), Hisar (9), Karnal (7), Ambala (6), Rohtak and Mahendragarh (4 each), Nuh and Fatehabad (3 each), Jhajjar, Jind and Sirsa (2 each) and Panipat, Panchkula and Kaithal (1 each).

Gurugram and Faridabad accounted for 67.1 per cent of the fresh cases. Meanwhile, 86 patients were cured in the last 24 hours, the highest so far, taking the tally to 1,209. Forty patients recovered in Gurugram.

Fresh cases surfaced in various Faridabad localities — Ram Nagar and Mahavir Colony (6 each), Vishnu Colony (5) and Subhash Colony, Unchagoan and Chawla Colony (3 each).

A 32-year-old woman from Umri village whose husband tested positive earlier and a 58-year-old man from Thaska Miraji village who visited a private hospital in Ambala were among the fresh cases in Kurukshetra.

A 37-year-old woman from Barna village who came back from Mumbai and a 42-year-old man from Mohan Nagar Sadhu Mandi who returned from Delhi were among the other fresh cases.

A 65-year-old living at an ashram who had travelled to Delhi and a 28-year-old of Railway Colony who had travelled to Rajasthan also tested positive. In Karnal, six of the patients had history of travel to Delhi and one came from Gurugram.

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