To break the chain of coronavirus transmission in the state, the Haryana government on Sunday announced a weeklong lockdown starting Monday.
State Home and Health Minister Anil Vij announced the decision to impose “complete lockdown” in a tweet.
Earlier, the government had ordered weekend lockdown in nine districts — Panchkula, Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad — that would end at 5 am on Monday.
Haryana had reported 13,588 new Covid cases and 125 fatalities on Saturday.