4 Sonepat health workers among 21 new cases

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 5

After a record 79 Covid cases in Haryana yesterday, the state on Tuesday reported 21 new cases taking the state’s tally to 537.

With the addition of 14 Italian tourists, who were discharged after treatment, Haryana’s tally will be 551.

Eight cases were reported from Jhajjar, four from Sonepat, three from Gurugram, two from Yamunanagar and one each from Rohtak, Faridabad and Karnal. With this the total number of patients in Jhajjar jumped to 64. Six of the fresh cases are linked to the vegetable market in Bahadurgarh town, while two are family members of a migratory labourer working at Sultanpuri in Delhi.

In Sonepat district, four more Health Department officials — a nurse and three Class IV employees — working at BPS Government Women Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, tested positive. Yesterday, four doctors of the district had tested positive. Civil Surgeon BK Rajaura said the total cases in the district had now risen to 78, of which nine were health workers. The fifth patient is a resident of Jati village of the district.

He said the process to replace employees working in isolation wards and keep relieved staff in quarantine had begun. New members of the staff had been directed to use PPE kits while entering the isolation ward.

Yamunanagar reported two more cases. A resident of Kutipur village of Pratap Nagar block and a woman (35) of Sarojini Colony were found Covid positive. The 61-year-old man was referred to PGI, Chandigarh, from the community health centre for treatment of multiple diseases. With five active cases, the number of Covid positive cases has reached eight in the district.

A 45-year-old man of Atayal village in Rohtak district working as a driver with Delhi Transport Corporation has tested positive and admitted to PGIMS-Rohtak. He had been deployed at a BSF camp in the National Capital’s Jama Masjid area. The district administration has declared Atayal village as containment zone and put five surrounding villages – Dattaur, Naunand, Gandhra, Kasrenti and Pakasma — in buffer zone

In Karnal, an 18-year-old from Uttam Nagar tested positive. With this, the number of active cases in the district has reached three. As per protocol, the district authorities have declared Uttam Nagar a containment zone. Health screening of residents and sanitisation of the colony has been done.

Karnal Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said the youth returned from Delhi on Monday and his sample was collected soon after. “We have kept his family members in the isolation ward and the contacts of the persons are being determined,” he said.

In Gurugram, one case was reported from Sector 18. The patient lived with a Panipat girl who was a Covid-suspect. An Islampur man contracted an infection from his father, who tested positive a few days ago. A Surat Nagar woman, a peon in a bank, also tested positive.

In Faridabad, a 33-year-old woman from Greenfields Colony tested positive. She had a history of travel to Delhi in April. She has been hospitalised and contact-tracing is on.

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State tracker

*Total persons under surveillance 37,361

*Currently under surveillance 16,087

*Persons completing surveillance 21,274

*Samples for testing 40,928

*Negative samples 36,806

*Results awaited 3,574

* Positive cases 537*

* Patients cured 242

* Total deaths 6

After including 14 Italian tourists, who were discharged after treatment, the total number of patients in Haryana is pegged at 551 and total number of cured patients at 256

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District-wise count

District +ve deaths

*Gurugram 84

*Sonepat 78

*Faridabad 76 2

*Nuh 59

*Jhajjar 64

*Ambala 37 2

*Palwal 36

*Panipat 30

*Panchkula 18

*Jind 10

*Karnal 9 1

*Sirsa 6

*Yamunanagar 8

*Fatehabad 5

*Rohtak 5 1

*Hisar 4

*Bhiwani 3

*Kurukshetra 2

*Kaithal 2

*Charkhi Dadri 1

Total 537 6