Caseload crosses 17,000 mark in Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 5

With 457 fresh cases, the state Covid tally today reached 17,005. So far, 265 deaths have been reported in the state.

As many as 161 new cases were reported from Faridabad, followed by Gurugram (120), Rewari (34) and Panipat and Kurukshetra (19 each). Of the five new deaths, three were reported from Faridabad and one each from Gurugram and Ambala.

The number of Covid deaths in Faridabad district has reached 92. The victims included a 45-year-old man from Chauhan colony, a 49-year-old resident of Gounchhi village and a 73-year-old man from the New Janata colony.

In Panipat, 19 more persons tested positive for Covid, taking the caseload to 244. Civil Surgeon SL Verma said 95 cases were active in the district and 142 had been discharged.

As many as 26 persons tested positive in Rewari today. Seven of them are from Rajgarh, three from Maheswari, two each from Dhaaruhera and Kayasthvada, and one each from BMG Tower, Manchanda, Tejpura, Gurawara, Sangwadi, Yadav Nagar, Budani, Jaisinghpur Khera, Palhavaas, Shiv Nagar and Nayi Aabadi.

Of the 13 new cases reported from Jhajjar district, five are from Bahadurgarh town, three from Kharar village, two from Jhajjar and Barhana and one from Dadri Toa village.

Besides, six fresh cases have surfaced in Mahendragarh. The tally in Palwal has risen to 362.

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