Chandigarh, May 24 (PTI) Haryana reported 53 COVID-19 cases, 14 of them from Faridabad district in the national capital region, on Sunday, pushing the state's count to 1,184.

Gurgaon and Sonipat, the two other districts which are also among the worst-affected ones and fall in the NCR reported nine and five fresh cases, respectively, according to the state health department's daily bulletin.

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Karnal, Hisar, Rewari and Jhajjar reported eight, seven, five, and two new cases, respectively, while Panipat, Rohtak and Kaithal reported one case each.

Haryana has so far reported 16 coronavirus-related deaths.

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A total of 765 people have recovered from the infection, leaving 403 active COVID-19 cases in the state. Haryana has a recovery rate of 64.61 per cent, fatality rate of 1.35 per cent while 3,827 tests are being conducted per million population.

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