Ten more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal on Monday, taking the state’s tally to 421, officials said.
Seven cases were reported from Una, two cases from Solan and one from Sirmaur.
Una deputy commissioner Sandeep Kumar said among the new patients is family of three, including a mother and two sons. Hailing from Amb sub-division, they returned from Delhi and were under home quarantine.
One person from Bhadera village has also tested positive. He had returned from Delhi and was under home-quarantine. His daughter-in-law had tested positive a day ago.
An ex-serviceman from Bangana sub-division is also among the positive cases. Besides, a 36-year-old Agra returnee and a 50-year-old man who returned from Gurugram was also found positive for the virus.
Solan chief medical officer Dr NK Gupta said one of the patients, a 46-year-old resident of Nalagarh had returned from Howrah in West Bengal while the second patient, a 24-year-old man, a resident of Haridwar, worked at a cement factory in Himachal.
Both patients had travelled in the same train from Delhi to Himachal and were put under institutional quarantine at Barotiwala.
{{/usCountry}}Both patients had travelled in the same train from Delhi to Himachal and were put under institutional quarantine at Barotiwala.
{{/usCountry}}A person from Sirmaur, who had returned from Delhi and was under institutional quarantine at Kala Amb, has also tested positive.
189 ACTIVE CASES
Active cases in the state are now 189 as four people have recovered. So far, Himachal has recorded 421 cases of which 223 have recovered while five have succumbed to the disease and four have migrated to other states. The state’s recovery rate is above 50%
The second wave of Covid-19 cases hit Himachal on May 4. Since then, a total of 381 people have tested positive for the virus.
So far, eleven of the total twelve districts in the state are affected by Covid-19. The tribal district of Lahaul & Spiti is the only Covid-free district.
Hamirpur is the worst-hit district with 123 cases followed by Kangra with 109 cases. A total of 49 cases have been reported in Una, 34 in Solan, 32 in Chamba, 22 in Bilaspur, 21 in Mandi, 13 in Shimla, 12 in Sirmaur, four in Kullu and two in Kinnaur.