Another record, tally crosses 3K in Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 4

For the fourth consecutive day, Haryana set a new record in the total number of cases in a day, recording 327 cases today.

State nodal officer for Covid Dr Dhruv Chaudhary and his daughter, also a doctor, tested positive today. Dr Chaudhary is based in Rohtak.

Dr VK Katyal, head of the department of medicine at the Rohtak PGIMS, was given charge as the state nodal officer for Covid.

On June 1, the state recorded 265 cases, which was the highest figure till then. On June 2, 296 cases were registered. On June 3, 302 cases were reported.

Since June 1, when Unlock 1.0 began, the state had reported 1,190 cases, which was 36.3 per cent of the total cases recorded so far — 3,281.

Gurugram (215), Faridabad (35), Rohtak (13) and Jhajjar (2) contributed 81 per cent of the cases today. Positive cases were also recorded from Bhiwani (12), Rewari (11), Hisar and Karnal (8 each), Palwal (7), Nuh (4), Mahendragarh and Kaithal (3 each), Fatehabad (2) and Ambala, Panipat, Jind and Sirsa (1 each).

A 61-year-old man who was suffering from kidney ailment succumbed to the viral disease at the PGIMS in Rohtak. He was from Jind. This was the 24th death in the state. Two deaths were reported today, one each from Faridabad and Karnal, but were yet to be included in the state bulletin.

A 65-year-old man hailing from Adarsh Colony in Faridabad was suffering from co-morbidities like pulmonary tuberculosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Health officials said he died in hospital on Wednesday night.

A 49-year-old man of Karan Vihar in Karnal was brought to Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College on Wednesday evening with stomach and lung infection. He died during treatment. His sample was taken, which turned out to be positive.

The fresh cases in Faridabad included those from Sanjay Colony (4), Sector 82 and Surajkund (3 each) and Basanpur, Mahavir Colony and Adarsh Nagar (2 each).

An elderly man from Bhuravaas village and a 10-year-old girl from Madana village in Jhajjar tested positive. The elderly man was getting treatment from a Gurugram hospital while the girl had gone to Rohtak recently.

Three persons were found positive in Mahendragarh villages. In Rewari, an ambulance driver, a theft accused and an employee of a pharmaceutical company were among the 11 confirmed Covid cases.

In Kaithal, a runaway couple living in a safe house tested positive. In Panipat, a woman who had come from Delhi by train and a 24-year-old woman of Katal village confirmed for the infection. Three of the 12 fresh cases in Bhiwani are undertrials.

Meanwhile, 34 patients got cured in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of recoveries to 1,123. However, nine patients are on oxygen support and three on ventilator. Yamunanagar is Covid-free again.