Haryana continues to witness a spurt in fresh cases of corona adding to the woes of the health department making the officials to come up with additional arrangements. Meanwhile, 4 fresh patients have been tested positive in Gurugram and Panchkula, 2 each on Sunday reaching final number 1079024 with 18 active patients. After the fresh wave entered Haryana, more than 3 dozen people have tested positive for the corona
It is worth stating that resembling previous waves of Corona, most of the cases reported so far have surfaced in the Gurugram district of Haryana adjoining to the National Delhi and the movement of the people at large scale at International and national level emerges as the main factor for the spread in infection which has forced the concerned department to come with additional efforts so that things remain under control. The statistics revealed that as many as 1079024 people in Haryana have been infected with Corona during the fresh corona wave. Of these, 311648 people were reported in Gurugram alone, which is around 29 percent of the total reported patients. After Gurugram, adjoining Faridabad district remains in the second position with138276 patients followed by Hisar and Sonipat with 64671 and 60043 patients. Apart from this, a patient lost his life due to infection recently.
In the wake of the hike authority is continuously monitoring the patients being reported in Gurugram and suspected patients reported in adjoining districts. It is pertinent to mention that in view of the higher number of Corona infections in Gurugram and Faridabad districts during early stages of infection, additional surveys were conducted there so that maximum information could be obtained about the ground situation there. Among the fresh cases reported after December 27, around two dozen cases have been confirmed in Gurugram making it a huge contributor in terms of Covid infection while remaining cases surfaced in Faridabad and Panchkula. Notably, Haryana has become the first state to provide the RTPCR facility to ensure the timely detection of the disease as well as to control the infection. Apart from this, in wake of the surge in the corona infections, the department is on toes to ensure 24×7 oxygen facility and necessary arrangements Notably, RTPCR is an accurate means of detecting, tracking and studying the coronavirus.
Besides, the state also witnessed the casualties on large scale after the disease entered Haryana and the deadly corona led to the untimely death of at least 10880 patients In this row, a maximum number of 1188 patients died in Haryana due to Corona in Hisar district followed by Gurugram with 1036 deaths comprising around about 10 percent of the total deaths. Similarly, Faridabad, Panipat, Bhiwani, Karnal, Rohtak, Sirsa , Ambala and Fatehabad witnessed 741, 679, 668 , 603, 554 , 551 542 and 502 untimely deaths respectively. Department officials said that in view of the arrival of new cases, steps are being taken to speed up the sampling process.