Between March 31 and April 14 Of over 1,200 new Covid cases in Haryana, 1,000 reported from Gurgaon alone: Data

The Covid positivity rate in Haryana was 1.27 per cent on February 28, 0.41 per cent on March 31 and 2.72 per cent on April 14.

Between March 31 and April 14, Haryana added 1,211 fresh infections to its Covid tally, analysis of data from the state
health department showed. During the same period, Gurgaon added 1,022 fresh cases.

Of the total 170 new Covid cases that the state reported on April 14, as many as 147 were from Gurgaon and 19 from Faridabad. Until April 14, the total number of Covid cases reported in Gurgaon district since the outbreak of the pandemic was 2,61,925, which was the highest in the state.

However, Faridabad, which has been the other worst-hit district, added only 121 fresh cases between March 31 and April 14. Of the 3,534 cases reported in Haryana between February 28 and March 31, as many as 1,959 infections were from the Gurgaon district and 285 from Faridabad.

According to the data, as of February 28, 2022, the cumulative cases in Haryana was 9,81,684 and the death toll was 10,563.

Till then, Gurgaon, which was then reporting over 100 daily cases, had a cumulative infection count of 2,58,944 with the total fatality count for the district at 1,002. For Faridabad, the total cases as of February 28 was 1,26,768 with a total fatality count of 739. By March 31, Haryana’s total case count rose to 9,85,218 and fatality count to 10,616, with Gurgaon’s infection tally rising to 2,60,903 and death count 1,006. For Faridabad, total cases stood at 1,27,053 as of March 31 and total deaths remained unchanged at 739.

By April 14, the state’s cumulative cases was 9,86,429 with total fatalities at 10,617 as Gurgaon’s infection tally rose to 2,61,925.