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Himachal’s Covid-19 tally climbs to 451 as six more test positive
A 53-year-old woman from Hamirpur died due to the virus at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, taking the death toll in the state to six.
Himachal’s Covid-19 tally climbed to 451 as six more people, including a woman, tested positive for the deadly virus on Wednesday.
Three cases were reported from Kangra, two cases from Sirmaur and one from Solan district.
Now, there are 184 active cases in the state as five patients have recovered.
Three cases from Kangra includea 28-year-old man from Baijnath who returned from Delhi on May 6. Another man, aged 56, also hailing from Baijnath returned on June 4. They were under institutional quarantine.
The third patient a 56-year-old woman from Dehra area returned from Delhi on June 7 and was under home quarantine.
Sirmaur deputy commissioner RK Pruthi said a 44-year-old woman, who works as an accountant at Kala Amb-based drug manufacturing unit at Orison Pharma International, was among the two new cases in the district. Eight people of the pharma unit, including its owner and his family, had tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.
The company has been sealed.
A 39-year-old man, who works at the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Delhi, also tested positive in the district. He had returned to the state on June 5 and was under institutional quarantine at Paonta Sahib.
Solan deputy commissioner KC Chaman said one case had been reported from Solan. “A 30-year-old man, who works as a pharmacist, has tested positive. The patient hails from Bihar and came to Roopnagar from Delhi in a train on June 2.”
He spent a night at the Roopnagar railway station and reached Nalagarh the next day. He was home quarantined till June 8 and was shifted to the isolation ward in Community Health Centre (CHC), Nalagarh, after complaining of fever.
HAMIRPUR WOMAN DIES, DEATH TOLL SIX
A 53-year-old woman from Hamirpur died due to the virus at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, on Wednesday, taking the death toll to six.
Special secretary (health) Nipun Jindal said the woman had returned from Delhi on May 28. “She was suffering from renal failure and her condition deteriorated at the quarantine centre. She was shifted to IGMC on June 4 where she tested positive for the virus. Her grandson has also tested positive on Tuesday,” he said.
The first COVID-19 death in Himachal was reported on March 23 when a US-returned Tibetan man from McLeodganj died of the contagion. The second casualty occurred on May 5 when a 21-year-old youth from Sarkaghat, who was also suffering from a kidney ailment, died at IGMC, Shimla.
A 53-year-old man from Hamirpur died of severe respiratory distress caused by the virus on May 15 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College (LBSGMC), Nerchowk, taking the state’s death toll to three.
Two women died of the contagion on May 25 at hospitals in Shimla and Mandi. Both were suffering from kidney-related and other ailments.
184 ACTIVE CASES
So far, Himachal has recorded 451 cases, of which 250 have recovered while six, including three men and three women, have succumbed to the disease. Eleven patients have migrated to other states.
Hamirpur is the worst-hit district with 124 cases followed by Kangra with 118 cases. A total of 54 cases have been reported in Una, 35 in Solan, 32 in Chamba, 24 in Bilaspur, 22 in Mandi, 22 in Sirmaur 13 in Shimla, four in Kullu and two in Kinnaur.
PANIC AS MAN DIES AT DHARAMSHALA HOSPITAL
Panic gripped Dharamshala Zonal Hospital after a man died here due to a serious illness. However, his Covid-19 test came out negative.
The 53-year-old had returned to Palampur from UP recently and was under home quarantine. He was shifted to a hospital on Tuesday where he passed away late at night.
“The patient had had multiple health problems and his coronavirus test came out negative,” said Dr GD Gupta, chief medical officer, Kangra.
