Under lockdown, no fresh coronavirus case in Himachal in three days

1,373 in quarantine across the hill state with maximum number of 398 positive cases in Kangra

DHARAMSHALA: Himachal Pradesh has not reported any fresh coronavirus disease (Covid-19) case for the third consecutive day.

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So far, the state has seen three confirmed cases, including one fatality. All three cases have been reported from Kangra district. All three cases have a travel history.

The two patients, who tested positive on March 21, are under treatment in the isolation ward of Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda.

A Tibetan man died of acute respiratory distress in the casualty ward of the medical college on March 23. He was later diagnosed as Covid-19 positive.

Medical superintendent Dr Surinder Singh Bhardwaj said that the symptomatic patients referred to the medical college on Tuesday had tested negative.

The Tibetan man had a travel history to France and Thailand and had flu-like symptoms.

So far, 99 samples have been tested in Himachal Pradesh out of which 96 are negative. As many as 2,186 people with travel history to coronavirus-affected countries have been put under surveillance of which 1,373 are quarantined at home or in isolation wards; 591 have completed the mandatory 28-day quarantine period; and the rest have left the state.

A maximum 398 people are quarantined in the most populous district of Kangra; 238 in Una; 190 in Hamirpur; 131 in Solan and 123 in Shimla.