Covid cases in Haryana show a downward trend

Bhartesh Singh Thakur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 6

Not just fresh cases but deaths related to Covid-19 have also come down in Haryana in the last two weeks. This has happened despite the testing being ramped up in the state. The number of people getting cured per day has also increased significantly.

In the week between June 22 and 28, the Covid cases in Haryana dipped by 7.4 per cent as 456.3 cases per day were recorded compared to 489.6 cases per day in the previous week of June 15-21. The deaths due to coronavirus in the same period came down from 10.3 to nine per day, revealed the health authorities.  

There was further dip though marginally – 0.6 per cent – in the week from June 29 to July 5, as 453.7 cases per day were recorded. The deaths came down to six per day.  

The doubling rate, which is a parameter to reflect on how fast the disease is spreading, was at 10 days on June 21, but rose to 14 days on June 28 and on July 5, it was 18 days. This also signals a slowdown.

There was 7.7 per cent rise in tests in the week from June 22 to June 28, as 4,937 tests per day were conducted in comparison to 4,582.1 per day in the previous week (June 15 to June 21). But from June 29 to July 5, the tests per day jumped by 58.6 per cent as 7,829 tests were conducted per day.   

The number of people recovering per day has also increased. There was a rise of 31.5 per cent in people getting cured between June 22 and June 28 as 480 persons got cured per day compared to 364.9 per day in the previous week.

It further jumped to 575.3 per day from June 29 to July 5, a rise of 19.9 per cent from the previous week.

“There is more awareness among people now and there is more coordination between them and health authorities. People are reporting about Covid on time, decreasing possibility of fatalities. The doubling rate has increased significantly and so has the recovery rate. We have improved on all the parameters,” said Dr Suraj Bhan Kamboj, Director General Health Services (DGHS), Haryana.