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Tuesday, 16 March 2021

50% rise in Covid cases in week in Haryana

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 15

With 2,617 new cases of Covid from March 7 to 14, Haryana has witnessed over 50 per cent surge in the infection in a week.

This is for the first time after December last that the state has seen more than 2,000 new cases of the virus in a week indicating towards another wave of Covid-19 in the state.

Even the total active cases in the state have witnessed an increase of 50 per cent in a week from 2,031 last week to 3,095 on Sunday. Karnal has the highest 651 active cases, followed by Gurugram 570, Kurukshetra 396, Panchkula 355 and Ambala 290.

1.5L jabbed in a day

Haryana on Monday administered the Covid vaccine to around 1.5 lakh persons. Considering the overwhelming response, the Health Department decided to observe every Monday as 'mega vaccination day'.

The daily positivity rate, which had come down to 1 per cent or even less in January and February, is now hovering between 2 and 3 per cent now.

Rajeev Arora, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, said the behaviour of the virus could never be predicted and hence it was important that people followed Covid protocols religiously.



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