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Two women test positive in Kangra; state’s tally reaches 71
One of the women reported Covid-19 like symptoms on May 12, after which her sample was sent for testing on Wednesday.
Two women tested positive for Covid-19 in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, taking the state’s tally to 71 on Thursday.
The active cases in the state have gone up to 30.
One of the patients, The 24-year-old, from Ghurkari village near Kangra, worked in a software company in Mumbai, Kangra deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said.
She returned home on May 9 along with three others, including two of her family members, and one person from Nadaun of Hamirpur district in a taxi. She was under home quarantine.
The woman reported Covid-19 like symptoms on May 12, after which her sample was sent for testing on Wednesday. The patient has become asymptomatic since and has been sent to a Covid-care centre.
The village where she lives and the surrounding areas have been declared a containment zone and have been sealed off.
The other patient, a 57-year-old woman, is a resident of Sheela Chowk locality of Dharamshala town, who had returned from Delhi two days ago with three other people.
The day she arrived, the woman was admitted at Severe Acute Respiratory (SARI) ward at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC), Tanda, told Prajapati.
Earlier in the day two people, a mother and daughter from Paonta Sahib of Sirmaur district had tested positive for the virus.
Himachal Pradesh has witnessed a spurt in coronavirus cases since May 4 with a total of 31 people testing positive for Covid-19.
One person has died due to the contagion. Till date, the state has recorded a total of 70 cases, including two fatalities.
So far, thirty-five people have recovered in the state.
Kangra is the worst-hit district with a total of 18 cases, followed by Una with 17 cases and Chamba with 12 cases.
Nine cases have been reported in Solan, six in Hamirpur, four in Sirmaur, three in Mandi, and two in Bilaspur.
Since people stranded in other states were on their way to Kangra, the most populous district has reported a maximum of 13 cases.
