40 new cases in HP, tally 1,457
DHARAMSHALA:: Forty people, including three members of a family, tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh, taking the state’s tally to 1,457, officials said on Saturday.
Sixteen cases were reported in Solan, seven each in Una and Kangra, five in Sirmaur two in Shimla and one each in Kullu, Mandi and Hamirpur.
Kangra Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said that a 28-year-old woman and her 24-year-old brother with travel history from Chandigarh on July 9 tested positive in Noun village of Thural area were tested positive.
Their 52-year-old mother who was at home and came in their direct contact has also contracted the disease.
The mother having co-morbidities has been shifted to Covid Hospital Dharamshala while the brother-sister duo was admitted to Covid-care centre Baijnath.
Apart from it, 52-year-old paramilitary personnel, resident of Harot village of Jaisinghpur has been detected positive. He returned from Kanker in Chhattisgarh.
A 30-year-old army jawan from Baranda village in Nurpur with travel history to Jammu has tested positive. He was shifted to Military Hospital, Pathankot. Another 30-year-old army jawan from West Bengal is among the new patients. He has been admitted at Military Hospital, Yol.
One person was found positive late on Friday. The 64-yearold man returned from Delhi on July 10.A migrant labourer from Bihar was tested positive in Seraj area of Mandi district.
Two cases have been reported in Shimla and one in Kullu, whose details are awaited.
Earlier, three cases were reported in Una on Friday late evening and four on Saturday. Two Kuwait returned men, a 25-year-old from Kuthar Kalan village of Una and another 26-year-old from Nangal Khurd of Haroli sub-division were found positive. Both of them returned on July 10 and were institutionally quarantined. The third patient is a 23-year-old from Pandoga of Haroli who travelled from Gurugram.
Solan district became the second district to have crossed the 300-mark. New cases have been detected in Arki and Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial belt of the district. A woman doctor of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation Hospital, Katha, has also tested positive. She returned from West Bengal. The district’s total tally stood at 308 of which 190 are active cases.
Special secretary (health)
Nipun Jindal said active cases stand at 401 while 1,030 patients have been cured till date.
Till date, 1,13,129 samples have been tested in the state. Kangra is the worst-hit district with 329 cases, followed by Solan with 306 cases. Hamirpur has 279 cases, Una 158, Chamba 78, Shimla 71, Bilaspur 63, Sirmaur 53, Mandi 47, Kinnaur 39, Kullu 20 and Lahaul-Spiti district four.
SHIMLA’S BOILEAUGANJ MARKET SEALED
The Shimla district administration has sealed the Boileauganj Bazar in the outskirt of the capital town after four Kashmir returnees were tested positive in the area on Friday.
To and fro traffic has been diverted through Chakkar area. The traffic flow towards Summerhill has been diverted through Chaura Maidan.
Meanwhile, Nahan town, the administrative headquarters of Sirmaur district has also been sealed after 10 people from Govindgarh locality were tested positive for the contagion yesterday.
The patients were closely related and attended a marriage where they come in contact with a Covid-positive woman.
SIX CASES WERE REPORTED IN KANGRA, THREE IN UNA, TWO IN SHIMLA AND ONE EACH IN KULLU AND MANDI; ACTIVE CASES ARE 383