Chandigarh Dec 30 PTI Haryana reported 23 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Thursday its highest daily spike so far pushing their tally to 37 in the state prompting Health Minister Anil Vij to ask the chief secretary to ban big processions rallies and gatherings in the wake of the rising casesOf these 37 cases 12 are active while the rest have been discharged the health departments daily bulletin saidIn view of a rise in Omicron cases in the state the Haryana government has imposed a night curfew and restriction on gatherings from SaturdayAsked about more steps being taken in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases and of the new variant being detected in the state Vij said he has written to the chief secretary that all kinds of rallies big processions and gatherings should be bannedI wrote a letter to the chief secretary that keeping in view the rise in cases all kinds of big processions rallies and big gatherings should be banned he told reporters hereSpeaking to reporters in Yamunanagar Education Minister Kanwar Pal said government school teachers who have so far not taken even one dose of the Covid vaccine will be marked as absent from dutyVij said the spread of the virus can be checked with peoples cooperation and all those eligible must get themselves vaccinated People must wear masks follow social distancing norms and avoid large gatherings he addedAmong other restrictions the Haryana government has imposed to check the spread of the virus is a ban on those eligible for vaccination but not fully vaccinated from entering shopping malls cinema halls restaurants and grain markets among other crowded places from January 1Meanwhile the state continued to register a surge in COVID-19 cases with 300 new infections being reported on Thursday 180 of them from Gurugram alone Faridabad and Panchkula reported 44 and 20 new infections respectivelyHowever no fresh fatality due to the viral disease was reported in the stateThe total COVID-19 case count now stands at 773361 in the state while the death toll remained unchanged at 10063The number of active coronavirus cases in the state has almost doubled in three days from 536 on Monday to 1047 on Thursday while 762228 patients have recuperated the bulletin said adding that the recovery rate was recorded at 9856 per cent PTI SUN VSD IJT

Chandigarh Dec 30 PTI Haryana reported 23 more cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on Thursday its highest daily spike so far pushing the tally of such cases to 37 in the state according to a health department bulletinOf these 37 cases 12 are active while the rest have been discharged it statedIn view of a rise in Omicron cases the Haryana government has imposed a night curfew and restriction on gatherings from SaturdayIt said people eligible for vaccination but not fully vaccinated will be banned from shopping malls cinema halls restaurants and grain markets among other crowded places from January 1Meanwhile the state continued to register a surge in COVID-19 cases with 300 new infections being reported on Thursday 180 of them from Gurugram alone Faridabad and Panchkula reported 44 and 20 new infections respectivelyHowever no fresh fatality due to the viral disease was reported in the stateThe total COVID-19 case count now stands at 773361 in the state while the death toll remained unchanged at 10063The number of active coronavirus cases in the state has almost doubled in three days from 536 on Monday to 1047 on Thursday while 762228 patients have recuperated the bulletin said adding that the recovery rate was recorded at 9856 per cent PTI SUN VSD IJT