Record 18 deaths in 24 hours in Haryana

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 16

Eighteen Covid deaths were reported on Tuesday, which is the highest so far, taking the death toll to 118.

Besides that, 550 fresh cases were reported in the past 24 hours, which is also maximum so far, taking the cumulative Covid tally to 8,272, with 5,656 males, 2,615 females and one transgender.

The deaths were reported from Gurugram (9), Faridabad (5), Sonepat (1), Jind (1) and Bhiwani (2) today.

A 67-year-old woman from Adarsh Nagar, Ballabgarh; 51-year-old man from Jawahar colony (NIT); 60-year-old man from Brahmanwada locality in Ballabgarh; 70-year-old man from Sector-35; and 39-year-old man from Vishnu Colony, Ballabgarh, were among the casualties from Faridabad district.

A pregnant woman from Sonepat died at the PGIMS, Rohtak, on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, fresh cases were reported from Gurugram (205), Faridabad (174), Sonepat (32), Rohtak (25), Rewari (21), Ambala (21), Karnal (13), Jhajjar (8), Panipat (8), Bhiwani (7), Mahendragarh (6), Charkhi Dadri (6), Palwal (6), Hisar (5), Fatehabad (4), Sirsa (3), Kurukshetra (3), Panchkula (1), Jind (1), and Nuh (1).

The localities from where the fresh cases came in Faridabad district included Ballabgarh, Old Faridabad, NIT, Jawahar Colony, AC Nagar, Bharat Colony, SGM Nagar, Dabua Colony, Sanjay Colony, Adarsh Nagar, Kheri Kalan village, Sector 15, Sector 16, Sector 23 and Gonchhi village.

Among the fresh cases from Rewari, five were from Durga Colony, two each from Dhaaruhera, Bawal and Mohalla Kayasthwada, while one each came from Shakti Nagar, Subhash Basti, Vijay Nagar, Surkhpur, Kaluvaas, Gokulgarh, Kutubpur, Jeewali Bazar, Khandoda and Turkiyavaas.

In Mahendragarh, three cases came from Deroli Ahir while one each from Kanina and Seka villages.

The new cases in Palwal district came from Chajju Nagar, Chirawata Mod, Kuslipur village and one each in Arya Nagar and New Colony in Palwal.

Among the positive cases in Ambala, five were from a family from Kala Amb industrial area, eight from Ambala Cantonment and one each from Ambala City, Naraingarh, Barara and Dharauli village.

COVID-19 CASES DISTRICT-WISE COUNT