India News | Haryana Reports Highest Single-day Spike of 1,884 COVID Cases, 19 Deaths

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Haryana on Friday reported the highest single-day spike of 1,884 COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 71,983 while 19 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 759, according to the Health Department's bulletin.

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Chandigarh, Sep 4 (PTI) Haryana on Friday reported the highest single-day spike of 1,884 COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 71,983 while 19 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 759, according to the Health Department's bulletin.

Two deaths each were reported from Faridabad, Rewari, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Fatehabad and Kaithal, and one each from Ambala, Rohtak, Panipat, Hisar, Panchkula, Jhajjar and Yamunanagar, it said.

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Among the districts which reported fresh cases include Gurgaon (229), Karnal (223), Faridabad (220), Panipat (138), Ambala and Panchkula (127 each) and Yamunanagar (90), the bulletin said.

There are 14,053 active cases in the state while 57,171 patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease.

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As of Friday, the state has a recovery rate of 79.42 per cent, fatality rate is 1.05 percent, while the doubling rate of infection is 33 days.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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