Haryana registers 94 new coronavirus cases, highest single-day increase

Chandigarh, May 26

Haryana reported 94 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday and one more death, the state bulletin showed---its biggest single-day jump in COVID-19 infections so far.

The number of coronavirus cases has now gone up to 1,305 in Haryana, according to the daily bulletin issued by the state health department.

Jind district in Haryana reported its first COVID-19 death, taking Haryana’s death toll to 17, according to the bulletin.

Gurugram and Faridabad together made up for 58 per cent of Tuesday’s cases. Apart from Gurugram (33) and Faridabad (22), Ambala (5) Mahendragarh (12), Panipat (5), Karnal (5), Kurukshetra (3), Bhiwani (3), Palwal (2), Hisar (2) and Rewari (2), Nuh (1) and Sirsa (1) reported new cases.

Ambala’s five cases included a truck driver who returned from Guwahati on May 24.

The state previously reported a major spike on May 4, when it recorded 75 new infections.

Haryana has 464 active cases. Some 63 of the state’s cases have recovered per cent. The state’s fatality rate is 1.3 per cent, while the number of tests being conducted per 10 lakh people is 4,024. Agencies