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In Haryana, record cases for third straight day

Chandigarh: Haryana recorded 302 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, the third straight day when the state registered the highest one-day rise in number of people testing positive.

The state recorded sharpest single-day spikes in cases even on Monday (265) and Tuesday (296). Now, the tally for Covid-19 cases in the state has hit 2,954.

The recovery rate has dipped to 36.87 and doubling rate to six days. With 132 fresh cases, Gurgaon’s tally hit 1,195, including 903 active cases. It is followed by Faridabad, which got 69 new cases and whose tally hit 309.

Also, 28 cases each were reported from Narnaul and Sonipat, 10 from Karnal, eight each from Ambala and Hisar, seven from Rohtak, six from Nuh, and one each from Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Panchkula and Panipat.

The state’s rate for tests per million rate has risen to 5,045. It has tested 1,278,95 persons for Covid-19 so far.

Karnal deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said three of the new patients included a 29-year-old man from Kurlan village, a 55-year-old woman from Badarpur village and a 47-year-old man from Poosgarh village. He said all patients had travel history to other states.

In Kurukshetra, a man from Amin village tested positive and a woman from Jandheri village negative, said an official. Of the eight new patients in Hisar, four came from Mumbai, two from Gurgaon and one each from Delhi and Ludhiana. They included included a three-year-old girl, her mother and a couple.

(With inputs from Kurukshetra, Hisar and Karnal)

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