75 die; testing dips

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, April 26

With 11,504 new Covid cases and 75 deaths, the overall tally of the state reached 4.36 lakh today.

However, only 35,523 samples were taken today. It is far lower than what was on Sunday when 46,989 samples were taken. On Saturday, 49,069 samples were taken, as per a media bulletin.

Among casualties, Hisar reported maximum of nine, followed by seven each in Gurugram and Sirsa, six each in Faridabad, Fatehabad and Sonepat, four each in Ambala, Rohtak, Bhiwani and Jind, three each in Karnal, Panipat and Rewari, two each in Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar and Kaithal and one in Nuh.

Gurugram reported maximum fresh cases numbering 3,555, followed by Faridabad 1,545, Hisar 908, Sonepat 711 and Karnal 673.

As many as 6,211 patients recovered in the last 24 hours and at present, there are 79,466 active cases in the state.

Lockdown in 3 Faridabad zones

Gurugram: The Faridabad administration has imposed lockdown in three micro-containment zones for a week. There are 3,291 patients in zone 1, 2,389 in zone 2 and 1,751 in zone 3. District Magistrate Garima Mittal has imposed the lockdown till May 2 up to 6 pm. Besides, she imposed Section 144 of the CrPC in the district.