Seventy eight people succumbed to Covid-19 in Haryana on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 8,461 and fatality rate to 1.11%, according to the health bulletin.
A health worker collecting a swab sample for Covid-19 testing in Gurugram on Wednesday. (HT PHOTO)
The fresh count of cases also dipped to 1,171 in the past 24 hours during which 42,675 samples were taken.
There were no reports of the fatalities in four districts, while Sirsa district recorded the highest nine fatalities followed by Gurugram and Hisar with eight each, Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Palwal and Mahendergarh with two each, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Yamunanagar and Panchkula with three each, Rohtak six, Fatehabad and Bhiwani seven each, Kaithal, Jhajjar and Jind four each, Nuh one.
Meanwhile, till June 1 there were 84 fatalities due to the black fungus in the state. Of the total 951 cases of black fungus in the state, 746 patients are under treatment and 121 had been cured.