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55-year-old woman dies due to Covid-19 in Himachal
One more death due to Covid-19 was reported in Himachal Pradesh taking the death toll to 12.
One more death due to Covid-19 was reported in Himachal Pradesh taking the death toll to 12.
A 55-year-old woman of Mohalla Govindgarh in Nahan, Sirmaur, succumbed to the virus on Saturday night at Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla. She was suffering from kidney ailment and diabetes as well.
She was tested positive for Covid-19 on July 19, after which, she was referred to Deen Dayal Upadhaya Hospital, Shimla, from where she was referred to IGMC as her health deteriorated, confirmed IGMC medical superintendent Dr Janak Raj.
This is the first covid death in Sirmaur.
127 TEST +VE ON SUNDAY, HP CROSSES 2,100 MARK
As many as 127 fresh cases were reported in Himachal on Sunday, taking the state tally to 2,176. Of theses, 949 are active cases. Himachal has crossed the 2,100 mark on the 128th day and this is the highest single-day spike of Covid-19 cases in state.
Of total cases reported on Sunday, 47 were from Sirmaur, 21 from Kangra, 18 from Shimla, 16 from Sirmaur, 10 each in Mandi and Una and five from Bilaspur.
In Shimla, two persons were tested positive from Mehandli, Rohru. Three persons, including a woman, who is an employee at the HP secretariat, were tested positive. The woman resides in a government colony near the Raj Bhawan, said Shimla chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Surekha Chopda.
An employee of the MBA department at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, has tested positive and an employee of the income tax department in the railway board building, Shimla, was also tested positive. Both the departments have been closed for sanitisation till further notice and all employees of theses departments have been directed to stay in home quarantine, said Shimla DC Amit Kashyap.
10 persons, including a CRPF personnel, were tested positive in Una. All of them have been shifted to Dedicated Covid Care Centre (DCCC), Khad.
In Sirmaur, 12 persons were tested positive in Mohalla Govindgarh at Nahan, while four persons were tested positive in Paonta Sahib, confirmed Sirmaur deputy commissioner RK Purthi.
Five persons, including a 34-year-old cop who came into contact of a Covid-19 positive person, were tested positive at Swarghat in Bilaspur district. The patient was shifted to DCCC, Chandpur.
In Kangra, seven persons were tested positive in Amb village. All of them are family members of a person who had recently succumbed to Covid-19.
Special secretary (health) Nipun Jindal said that so far, 12 covid deaths have been reported in state and 1,198 patients have recovered. Also, 15 patients have migrated out of the state.
With 548 cases, Solan is the worst hit district in state, followed by Kangra with 410 cases. Hamirpur has 299 cases, Sirmaur 242, Una 188, Shimla 143, Chamba 93, Bilaspur 69, Mandi 111, Kinnaur 41, and Kullu has 24 cases. With four Covid-19 cases, Lahaul and Spiti is the least affected district.
Meanwhile, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), HP, has request the state government to follow a consultative approach and avoid stopping industrial activities before announcing any such lockdowns in future.
CII Himachal chairman Col Shailesh Pathak said that announcement of recent two-day lockdown at Baddi, Barotiwala, Nalagarh, and Parwanoo has shattered the pace of economic activity in the biggest industrial corridor in state.
“Industries once again suffered huge losses. But CII stands with the state in its fight against Covid-19 and will continue to play a collaborative and constructive role,” he said.
