3 Haryana districts in dire straits
The Hindu
‘Every second person testing positive for COVID-19 in Sonipat, Panipat and Rewari’
Though Gurugram tops the table for active cases in Haryana followed by Faridabad, the top three districts in terms of positivity rate in the State are Sonipat, Panipat and Rewari with every second person testing positive for the deadly infection, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s latest weekly statistics for districts with more than 10% positivity rate. Nuh with highest 55.8 % positivity rate for May 4-10 week has dramatically slipped to twelve position with the positivity rate of 32.4% for May 5-11 week.
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