Seven more test +ve in HP, tally now 66

DHARAMSHALA: Seven more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 66.

Five cases have been reported from Kangra and two from Hamirpur.

One of the three patients from Kangra is a 50-year-old honourary Himachal Police head constable. He was posted at Panchrukhi police station and has no travel history, deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said. The Panchrukhi Police station has been temporarily sealed.

The second patient is a 40-year-old man from Kulthi village near Kangra town who returned from Jalandhar on May 10. The third patient, a 62-year-old from Paprola near Baijnath, who runs a tea shop near Palampur, tested positive at a flu clinic, Prajapati said. He, too, has no travel history.

The fourth patient to test positive is a 33-year-old from Jamanabad village near Kangra town. He returned from Panchkula on April 30 on a scooter.

Besides, a doctor posted at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC), Tanda has also tested positive for the virus.

Apart from it, two cases have been reported from Bajrol panchayat in Sujanpur sub-division of Hamirpur district. Two patients, 30-year-old and 50-year-old, had returned home from Delhi on April 30.

Authorities in Kangra and Hamirpur have started mapping the patient’s contacts.

With seven fresh cases, the number of active cases in the state has gone up to 25.

Himachal Pradesh has witnessed a jump in Covid-19 cases with 26 cases being reported in nine days, including one fatality. The number of active cases has jumped from one to 25, in the corresponding period.

The Covid-19 count in Kangra, the most populous district in the state, has gone up to 15, including one fatality. Currently, 10 cases are active in the district.

So far, the state has recorded 66 cases, including two casualties.

The first case was reported on March 20 in Kangra. Thirty-five people have recovered, so far.