India News | Haryana Reports 8 More COVID-19 Deaths, Another Big Spike of 724 Cases
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Haryana on Wednesday reported eight more deaths due to coronavirus, raising the toll to 372, while another big spike of 724 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 28,186, the health department said.
Chandigarh, Jul 22 (PTI) Haryana on Wednesday reported eight more deaths due to coronavirus, raising the toll to 372, while another big spike of 724 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 28,186, the health department said.
Hardest-hit districts in the National Capital Region -- Gurgaon and Faridabad -- reported two fatalities each, while one death each took place in Ambala, Jhajjar, Nuh and Sirsa districts.
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The COVID-19 death toll in Haryana has now risen to to 372. Out of this, Gurgaon has 118 fatalities and Faridabad 114. These two districts have 8,127 and 6,853 coronavirus cases, respectively.
The fresh cases were reported from Faridabad (174), Gurgaon (149), Hisar (67), Panchkula (65), Ambala (55), Karnal (53), Mahendragarh (35) and Panipat (21), according to the health department's daily bulletin.
On July 17, Haryana had reported the highest single-day spike of 795 cases.
The active COVID-19 cases in the state currently are 6,117, while 21,697 have been discharged after recovery.
The state's recovery rate on Tuesday was 76.98 percent, while the rate of doubling of infections was 23 days.
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