CHANDIGARH: Haryana on Monday started the week high on vaccinations and low on new Covid cases. However, deaths continue to be a cause for concern. As many as 1,36,570 people were vaccinated while 96 new cases were reported. Sixteen persons succumbed to the virus during the day. Total of 172 patients recovered.
Sources said 97,909 persons were given the first dose while 38,661 were given the second dose. Overall vaccination coverage reached 86,07,083. Gurgaon and Faridabad, which topped the Covid case tally, also took the lead in vaccination with 13.36 lakh and 8.35 lakh jabs so far.
On the Covid front, the overall tally has reached 7,68,474 cases, 7,57,480 recoveries, 9,401 deaths and 1,593 active cases. Active cases include 698 patients in home isolation. The remaining are hospitalised and are on oxygen and ventilator support.
Recovery rate has reached 98.57% while positivity rate of the day was recorded at 0.40%. Positivity rate of the second Covid wave was recorded at 11.61% . Fatality rate was reported to be 16% while cumulative fatality rate was recorded at 1.22%.
Barring Palwal and Charkhi Dadri, rest of the 20 districts reported less than 10 cases. These included Faridabad, Mahendragarh and Panipat where no fresh case was reported during the day.
Maximum of three deaths were reported from Hisar, which tops the tally in terms of casualties. Hisar is followed by Gurgaon and Ambala where two deaths each were reported during the day. Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Yamunanangar, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Fatehabad, Kaithal and Jind districts reported one death each. Ten districts did not report any death during the day.
