Six fresh cases in Haryana, but seven districts now Covid-free

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 21

Though six fresh Covid cases were reported in the state on Tuesday taking the total to 245, the cure rate showed a marginal improvement from 53.1 per cent to 54.3 per cent.

A 68-year-old woman from Badkhal village in Faridabad and five persons from Gurugram tested positive on Tuesday. She had reported to the district’s civil hospital on April 19 complaining of Covid-like symptom. While she and her family members have been isolated and quarantined, the Health Department is tracing all persons who came in her contact in the past few days. This is the18th positive case from Badkhal village, which has already been declared a containment zone.

Dead Rewari man tests negative

Rewari: A middle-aged man who died at a private hospital here tested negative for Covid. The district health authorities had taken his sample after he died of fever. Six members of the deceased’s family and 12 employees of the hospital staff engaged in his treatment were isolated too. Their reports are expected to be out late in the evening. The hospital claimed that the man died of dengue. DC Yashendra Singh said the samples were taken as precautionary measures to check the spread of Covid pandemic. TNS

Of the five fresh cases from Gurugram today, two are linked with the Tablighi Jamaat. All patients are in the 20-25 years age group.

Six more patients cured, out of hospital

Six more patients were successfully treated and released from hospital in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of discharged cases to 133. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 110. Of the state’s 22 districts, seven are now Covid free after discharge of

all Covid cases from hospital. These are Charkhi Dadri, Fatehabad, Jind, Karnal, Rohtak, Sirsa and Yamunanagar. Three districts — Rewari, Mahendragarh and Jhajjar — have not reported any case.

Good news from hotspot districts

The highest number of cured cases was also reported from the hotspots. In Nuh, 26 patients have been discharged and there are 31 active cases. In Gurugram, the number of cured cases is also 26 of which 15 are active. In Palwal, 25 patients have been discharged and nine are still Covid positive. In Faridabad, 22 patients have been discharged, while 21 are still active.

Haryana has conducted a total of 14,562 tests out of which 12,243 samples returned negative and 2,068 results were awaited. The test positivity rate — the proportion of positive cases as compared to total tests conducted – stood at 1.7 per cent on Tuesday.