Two more deaths, 36 test positive in Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 15

A 75-year-old woman and a teenager died due to Covid, while 36 fresh cases were reported in the state on Friday. The number of deaths in the state reached 13 with a fatality rate of 1.52 per cent, while the state’s Covid tally touched 854.

The deaths were reported from Faridabad and Sonepat, while 12 fresh cases were reported from Sonepat, nine each from Faridabad and Gurugram, two each from Kaithal and Panchkula and one each from Nuh and Rohtak.

Sonepat reported its first Covid death, a 75-year-old woman of Tharu village. Her relatives took her to the General Hospital on Wednesday where doctors declared her brought dead. They told doctors she had been complaining of breathlessness before she died and her sample was sent for testing. Her report came positive on Thursday evening.

Sonepat’s Covid tally now stands at 132. Those who tested positive include a 67-year-old man of Khanna Colony, whose wife is already Covid-positive; a-34-year-old person of Rishi Colony; a 38-year-old man of Jainpur village who is a driver in Delhi’s Azadpur Mandi; a 36-year-old employee of a private hospital; a 34-year-old man of Mimarpur working as an accountant with a fruit vendor in Sonepat fruit mandi; three persons in Kot Mohalla, including a 40-year-old working in the vegetable mandi and a 32-year-old resident of Kailash Colony working in Delhi’s Keshavpuram Mandi. A 40-year-old Mayur Vihar resident working in Delhi’s Jaipur Golden Hospital also tested positive.

In Faridabad, a 17-year-old girl died on Friday, taking the number of Covid fatalities in the district to five. A resident of Shiv Sharda Colony, she tested positive two days ago and was admitted to the ESI Hospital on Wednesday night. She was suffering from cancer and her condition turned critical on Thursday. Nine more cases were reported, taking the district’s tally to 140.

Nine people tested positive in Gurugram of which six were from Rajiv Nagar area. They are all contacts of a Covid-positive patient. The district’s tally has reached 179.

Kaithal’s two cases included a 30-year-old man and his two-year-old daughter of Dhand area. Both have been sent to Adesh Medical College in Shahbad.

In Panchkula, a 63-year-old woman of Sector 10 undergoing treatment for cancer and a 56-year-old man from Sector 21 tested positive. A 58-year-old woman of Meham area in Rohtak also tested positive, taking the number of patients in the district to eight.

Meanwhile, 25 persons were cured in the last 24 hours, taking the number of discharged cases to 464 and the recovery rate to 54.33 per cent.