92 new coronavirus cases in Gurugram; recovery rate improves

Gurugram: Gurugram recorded 92 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, taking the cumulative tally to 10,108, while one person succumbed to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours, according to the district health department.

In a relief, the district’s overall recoveries jumped to 9,288 after 106 more patients were treated and discharged during the last 24 hours. The recovery rate slightly improved to 91.88 per cent from 91.67 per cent on Thursday. It was 91.94 per cent on Wednesday, 92.02 per cent on Tuesday and 91.99 per cent on Monday, according to the statistics.

The death toll due to coronavirus climbed to 129, of whom, 91 patients had co-morbidities while 38 had no known disease, the health bulletin said.

According to the health bulletin, there were 691 active cases across the district, of which, 3 are hospitalised at dedicated Covid hospitals. 72 are under observation at dedicated Covid healthcare centres whereas 31 are under observation at district Covid care centre. 585 patients are in home isolation.

Meanwhile, Haryana state recorded 797 new cases and seven deaths linked to coronavirus. The overall number of positive cases has now reached 45,614, while the deadly virus has claimed 518 lives so far in the state, the state health bulletin said.

However, two districts including Yamuna Nagar and Fatehabad did not report any cases in the last 24 hours, as per the state health bulletin.

As many as 862 patients have been recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of recovered patients to 38,348 in the state. The state recovery rate slightly improved to 84.07 per cent from 83.64 per cent on Thursday, 83.35 per cent on Wednesday and 83.47 per cent on Tuesday, the data showed.

At the moment, the number of active cases stood at 6,748. The number of positive patients in critical care counted to 154, among these, 132 patients are on oxygen support, while 22 on ventilators.

The state Covid-19 positive rate counted to 5.62 per cent while the fatality rate stood at 1.14 per cent. The state doubling rate of coronavirus cases is every 30 days.