302 new cases, tally nears 3K

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 3

With 302 fresh Covid cases, which is the highest so far in a day, Haryana’s tally reached 2,954. The state has been setting a new record every day for the past three days.

On June 1, the state had recorded 265 cases, which was the highest figure till that day, but on June 2, as many as 296 cases were registered.

Today, the fresh cases were reported from Gurugram (132), Faridabad (69), Sonepat (28), Mahendragarh (28), Karnal (10), Hisar (8), Ambala (8), Rohtak (7), Nuh (6), Panipat (1), Panchkula (1), Fatehabad (1), Bhiwani (1), Kaithal (1) and Kurukshetra (1).

Gurugram has recorded the highest number of cases (1,195) so far, followed by Faridabad (487), Sonepat (261) and Jhajjar (103). These four districts form 69.3 per cent of the total cases of the state.

With the recovery of 20 patients, the total numberof discharged reached 1,089 today. However, the recovery rate fell to 36.87 per cent from 40.31 per cent as the cases are mounting. The doubling rate at present is six days.

In Mahendragarh, the new cases included a prisoner. While three patients belong to Narnaul, one each hails from Mahendragarh, Nasibpur Jail, Nangal, Jarwa Dhani, Satnali, Israna and Chittroli village. Five cases belong to Khod village, two each to Kanti, Saidpur and Kakral villages and one each to Majra Khurd, Jairpur, Rambass Kanina, Sihor, Dhani Jindran, Nangal Kalia and Mosampur.

The fresh cases in Karnal included three kids of a Covid-positive couple of Ashoka Colony in Madhuban; a 55-year-old woman and a four-year-old child of Prem Nagar Chaura village; a 72-year-old woman of Jalmana; 27-year-old man, his 20-year-old wife and his one-year-old daughter, who are residents of Sanjay Nagar Barsat; and a 47-year-old woman of Kaimla village. Besides, a jail inmate of district jail, who is a resident of Yamunanagar, got confirmed for Covid. He was arrested under the Wildlife Act.

Rohtak’s fresh cases included those from Rithal village, Kabulpur village and Jagdish Colony. Among the new cases in Nuh included two from ward 5 and 10 of Taoru respectively and one each from Bissar Akabarpur, Rehna and Bhirawati village.

A four-year-old boy in Kaithal who had returned with his patents from Mumbai tested positive. He has been kept in the isolation ward at the civil hospital here and would be soon sent to Agroha medical college for treatment.

A 42-year-old man from Amin village of Kurukshetra, who had visited the PGIMER, Chandigarh, and a private hospital in the district for a liver-related disease, tested positive.