Nine more succumb to Covid in Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 22

Haryana reported nine more deaths and 390 fresh Covid cases today, taking the death toll to 169 and tally to 11,025.

Faridabad reported five deaths, taking the toll to 61, followed by Gurugram with two deaths, taking its toll to 66. One death each was reported from Jhajjar and Rewari.

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A maximum of 176 cases were reported from Faridabad, while Gurugram reported 85 cases and Rohtak 31.

Today was the eighth consecutive day of casualties as 33 patients had died since June 15. The tally of positive cases surged to 2,411, with the addition of 176 cases today.

Five patients in Faridabad — a 56-year-old woman from Sector 18, a 65-year-old man from Sanjay Colony, a 67-year-old person from SGM Nagar, a 59-year-old man from Sector 31 and an 86-year-old resident from Sector 21 — succumbed to the virus.

The localities which reported fresh cases during the past 24 hours included Ballabgarh, Old Faridabad, NIT, Jawahar Colony, AC Nagar, Bharat Colony, SGM Nagar, Dabua Colony, Sanjay Colony, Subhash Colony, Kheri Kalan village, Sector 3, Sector 15, Sector 16, Sector 23, Sector 19,M ahaveer Colony and Palla Panhera Khurd village.

Jhajjar reported its third death today. A 40-year-old woman residing at Kirdod in Jhajjar, who was also suffering from tuberculosis, died at the PGIMS in Rohtak.

In Rewari, 42 persons, including a trader and 13 labourers, tested positive. Ten of them are from Dhaaruhera, two each from Kayasthvada and Suthani.

Mahendragarh reported seven fresh cases. One case each was reported from Bhadaf, Bachini, Mohalla Dhobiyaan, Thanvaas and Nangal Choudhry.

With 10 fresh cases in Ambala, the tally reached 283. Fresh cases included seven from Ambala Cantonment, two from Ambala City and one from Shahzadpur. Five of them were contacts of Covid patients and three had travel history.

In Karnal, 10 persons, including a 57-year-old woman of Sector 13 and her two sons in their early 30s, tested positive. Their maid had tested positive a few days back. With these cases, the number of positive cases in Karnal reached 231.

In Yamunanagar, an employee of the district court at Jagadhri tested positive. The employee was posted as peon in the court of an Additional District and Sessions Judge.