DW BUREAU / Chandigarh The Haryana government on Sunday announced extending the coronavirus-induced lockdown in the state by a week till May 17. Making the announcement on Twitter, Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said, "Mahamari Alert / Surkshit Haryana announced from 10 May to 17 May. Stringent measures will be taken to contain spread of Corona in Haryana. Detailed order to be issued soon." Vij later told PTI that the restrictions which are currently in force will continue till May 17. Last week, the state government had imposed a lockdown in the state from May 3 to May 10 (5 am). In the past few weeks, Haryana has registered a surge in COVID-19 infections as well as fatalities. Haryana on Sunday reported 151 COVID-19 related deaths, taking the cumulative toll to 5,605, while another big surge of 13,548 fresh infections pushed the total case count to 6,15,897, according to official figures. The latest deaths include 20 from Rohtak, 17 from Hisar, 12 from Panipat, 10 each from Gurgaon and Karnal, nine from Bhiwani and eight each from Charkhi, Dadri and Palwal districts, the health department's daily bulletin said. Among the districts to report a big spike in cases include Gurgaon (2,842), Faridabad (1,991), Sonipat (989), Hisar (1,328), Bhiwani (783), Sirsa (691) and Karnal (643). The number of total active cases in the state was 1,16,867. The cumulative positivity rate was 7.86 percent, while 4,93,425 patients have recovered so far at a recovery rate of 80.11 per cent. India recorded 4,03,738 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day, which pushed the tally to 2,22,96,414, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. (editor@dailyworld.in)