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With 31 fresh Covid-19 cases, Himachal crosses 800-mark in 97 days
Sixteen people tested positive in Hamirpur, four in Chamba and three each in Solan, Kangra and Una and one each in Bilaspur and Shimla.
Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday recorded 31 fresh Covid-19 infections, taking the total number of cases in the state to 806, officials said.
Himachal breached the 800-mark in 97 days. The first case was detected on March 20. A total of 476 cases have been reported in June alone.
Sixteen people tested positive in Hamirpur, four in Chamba and three each in Solan, Kangra and Una and one each in Bilaspur and Shimla.
A mother-daughter duo, who had returned from Delhi, have tested positive in Solan and a youth in Baddi industrial area, said Solan deputy commissioner KC Chaman. The patients have been shifted to the Covid-care centre in Nauni. The tally in Solan has now reached 84, of which 50 are active cases. Four patients have migrated to other states.
Hamirpur chief medical officer Dr Archna Soni said three women and four men have tested positive in the district. Six of them have a travel history to Delhi while one had returned from Ludhiana. One of the patient, a 80-year-old woman was shifted to Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College, Nerchowk while others are admitted at Covid-care centres in the district. Nine more cases were detected late evening.
In Chamba, four members of a family are among the new cases. They include a 45-year-old man, his 40-year-old wife, daughter and son aged 15 and 12.The family returned from Delhi and was under institutional quarantine.
Kangra patients include a 32-year-old IT engineer, a 19-year-old student and a 43-year-old woman. All three had returned from Delhi and were under institutional quarantine.
UNA MAN TESTS POSITIVE IN PGI, LOCAL DOCTOR ISOLATED
A doctor and three other staff members of the Una Regional Hospital were home quarantined after a man from Singa village tested positive for Covid-19 at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
The man was undergoing treatment for a heart ailment at the local hospital and was later referred to PGIMER. Una chief medical officer Dr Raman Kumar said the doctor and three nurses had been home quarantined as a precautionary measure.
321 ACTIVE CASES
At present, there are 321 active cases and 466 people have recovered from the disease. Eleven people have migrated to others states and six have succumbed to the infection.
Hamirpur is the worst-hit district with 221 cases, followed by Kangra with 211 cases, Una with 99 cases, Solan with 84 cases, Chamba with 50 cases, Bilaspur with 38 cases, Shimla with 37 cases, Sirmaur with 34 cases, Mandi with 24 cases, Kullu with five cases, and Kinnaur with three cases. Eleven of the 12 districts in Himachal are affected by Covid-19. Lahaul-Spiti is the only corona-free district so far.
