Covid-19: Punjab deaths cross 15,000, Haryana active cases under 10,000

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: The three states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh reported a total of 157 Covid-19 deaths and 3,448 new cases on Saturday.
While the overall deaths in Punjab crossed the psychological mark of 15,000, the number of active cases in neighbouring Haryana dropped below 10,000. Overall, Punjab recorded 79 deaths, with which its total number of casualties rose to 15,009.There were 1,907 new cases in the state, taking the total to 5,77,997. Also, 3,619 Covid patients were discharged.
Recoveries continued to exceed new cases for the 26th day in Haryana. Overall, the state reported 723 new cases, 1,744 recoveries and 59 deaths on Saturday. Himachal Pradesh reported 19 deaths and 818 new cases, while 1,102 patients recovered.
In Punjab, Ludhiana got 201 new cases, followed by Jalandhar (184), Hoshiarpur (150), Patiala (147) and Muktsar (129). There were 24,454 active cases across the state and the positivity rate was 2.84%.
All districts in Haryana reported less than 100 cases, with Palwal, Charkhi Dadri and Nuh getting less than 10 cases. Active cases have fallen below 10,000 as the day closed at 9,974 active cases. Of these, 8,202 patients are in home isolation while the rest are on oxygen support and ventilator support in medical colleges and hospitals.
The cumulative tally of the state has reached 7,61,637 cases, 7,42,999 recoveries and 8,664 deaths. The recovery rate stands at 97.55%. Positivity rate was reported at 1.87% and cumulative positivity rate of the second wave was recorded at 13.87%. Cumulative death rate was recorded at an alarming 1.14%.
Five deaths each were reported from Hisar, Rewari and Bhiwani, four each from Panipat, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Jhajjar and Jind, three each from Kurukshetra and Gurgaon, two each from Ambala, Karnal, Panchkula and Nuh, and one each from Charkhi Dadri, Mahindergarh and Faridabad. No death was reported from Rohtak and Sonipat. Hisar reported 75 cases, highest for the day while Yamunanagar reported 67.
Hisar now has 53,418 cases with 913 deaths and 979 active cases while Yamunagar has 23,965 cases with 356 deaths and 533 active cases. Panchkula reported 66 cases while Karnal reported 57, Sirsa 55, Jind 48, Gurgaon 45, Ambala 40, Faridabad 37, Sonepat and Fatehabad 29, Kaithal 25, Kurukshetra 24, Rohtak and Mahindergarh 21, Rewari and Bhiwani 19, Panipat 18, Jhajjar 15, Palwal 7, Charkhi Dadri 5 and Nuh 1.
Box: Vaccination
As many as 43,591 persons were given vaccine jabs during the day in the state. First dose was administered to 40,328 persons, while the second dose was given to 3,263 persons.
In Himachal, there were 1,94,742 new cases, of which 9,484 cases were active, 1,81,972 patients had recovered, and 3,263 patients had died. Six deaths were reported from Mandi, four from Kangra, three from Solan, two each from Shimla and Sirmaur, and one each from Chamba and Kullu. With this, the cumulative coverage of vaccination has reached 59,95,983.