Chandigarh Dec 27 PTI Haryana reported two more cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on Monday pushing the tally of such cases to 12 in the state according to the health departments daily bulletinIn view of the emergence of the Omicron cases the Haryana government has already imposed a night curfew and restrictions on gatherings from SaturdayIt has also said people eligible for vaccination but not fully vaccinated will be banned from entering shopping malls cinema halls restaurants and grain markets among other crowded places from January 1Meanwhile the state reported 85 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday including 61 in Gurugram alone the bulletin saidHowever no fresh fatality due to the viral disease was reported in the stateThe total COVID-19 case count rose to 772718 in the state while the death toll remained unchanged at 10062Among other districts Faridabad and Ambala reported eight and three fresh cases respectivelyThe number of active coronavirus cases in the state is 536 while 762097 patients have recuperated the bulletin said adding that the recovery rate was recorded at 9863 per cent PTI SUN VSD RC

Chandigarh Dec 22 PTI Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda alleged on Wednesday that the Haryana government did not give satisfactory answers to the issues and questions raised by the Opposition during the winter session of the AssemblyThe government was seen running away from the questions of the Opposition he said in the Assembly and later reiterated it during a media interactionHooda who is the leader of opposition in the Assembly said the Congress raised the issues of the alleged recruitment scam the unemployment problem the shortage of fertilisers and sought that a resolution be passed giving a guarantee on the minimum support price MSP for crops waterlogging the dilapidated condition of roads and inflationThere were 17 adjournments and calling attention motions on separate issues but only five of those were approved Besides dozens of questions related to public interest were raised during the Question Hour The government gave misleading answers on most issues and questions he saidNo further evidence is needed as regards the troubles being faced by people today but the government appeared in the House as if there is no recruitment scam going on in the state neither the youngsters are facing unemployment nor is there any shortage of urea for farmers no shortage of the DAP fertiliser nor are we staring at the possibility of a third COVID-19 waveDuring the pandemic no one faced a shortage of hospital beds no one died due to a lack of oxygen law and order was not an issue nor was the level of education falling the former Haryana chief minister addedThe Congress tried to raise all the issues and problems being faced by people during the Assembly session and appealed to the government to accept its demands he saidAll the demands of the Opposition like getting the recruitment scam probed by the CBI under the supervision of a sitting high court judge passing the proposal for a guarantee on MSP for crops and sending it to the Centre making public the investigation report of the liquor registry and paddy purchase scam were not accepted by the governmentBut we will continue to raise the demands and problems of the people on every platform The Congress will force the government to accept the legitimate demands of all the organisations and the common people Hooda saidHe said the next stop of his outreach programme Vipaskh Aapke Samaksh would be held in Nuh on SundayThe Congress leader claimed that about 10000 posts in the state health department and 40000 posts in the education department are lying vacantThe number of Haryana Roadways buses was 4500 during the Congress tenure which has now come down to 3000 Neither new buses are being purchased by the government nor vacant posts are being filled This is the reason that Haryana is facing the highest unemployment rate in the country he said Hooda alleged that the BJP-JJP government in Haryana is neither able to provide employment nor justice to youngstersIt is neither able to give MSP to the farmers nor compensation for crop loss This government is neither able to give pension to the elderly nor financial help to the families of the Covid victims Every section of the society is upset and disappointed with this government he said PTI SUN VSD RC

Chandigarh Dec 21 PTI With 43 fresh cases Haryanas COVID-19 tally has climbed to 772271 while the death toll due to the viral disease has gone up to 10062 with one more fatality officials said on TuesdayAccording to a bulletin issued by the state health department the death was reported from Sirsa districtAmong the districts Gurugram Panchkula and Faridabad reported 23 eight and six cases respectivelyThe number of active cases of the infection stands at 234 in the state while the number of recoveries is 761952The recovery rate is 9866 per cent the bulletin said PTI SUN VSD RC

Chandigarh Nov 20 PTI With 11 fresh cases Haryanas COVID-19 tally climbed to 771528 on Saturday while the death toll due to the viral disease went up to 10053 in the state with more person succumbing to itAccording to the daily COVID-19 bulletin issued by the state health department the death was reported from Fatehabad districtAll the 11 fresh cases were reported from GurugramThe number of active COVID-19 cases in the state is 109 while a total of 761343 people have recovered from the infectionThe Covid recovery rate was recorded at 9868 per cent in Haryana the bulletin said PTI SUN VSD RC