WITH 12 FRESH INFECTIONS, HIMACHAL COUNT CLIMBS TO 197

DHARAMSHALA/HAMIRPUR/MANDI: Twelve people, including four of a family tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh late on Saturday and Sunday, taking the state’s tally to 197.

Four cases were reported in Una two each in Kangra and Hamirpur and one each in Solan, Bilaspur, Chamba and Mandi. With this, active cases in the state have gone up to 131, said special secretary (health) Nipun Jindal.

The three family members testing positive on Saturday include a 47-year-old woman and her two sons aged 23 and 26. A 44-year-old brother-in-law of the woman has also tested positive. All from Bangana subdivision, they had returned from Mumbai on May 17 and were under institutional quarantine at Una.

One case was also reported from Ramshehar of Nalagarh subdivision in Solan district. The 43-year-old man was under institutional quarantine after coming in from West Bengal on May 19.

One case was reported from Kangra on Sunday. The 42-yearold man had travelled from Delhi.

A 20-year-old woman from the Barsar area of Hamirpur who came back with her family from Delhi on May 18 has also tested positive. She was under institutional quarantine.

Three more people tested positive in Chamba, Mandi and Bilaspur in the afternoon.

The Bilaspur patient, a 48-year-old man, who originally hails from Jogindernagar of Mandi, returned from Delhi along with three others and was quarantined at Swarghat. Covid-19 report of his co-travellers is awaited.

A 30-year-old man, who travelled from Mumbai, has also tested positive in Chamba. The patient from Mandi is a 19-yearold woman who returned from Mumbai with her parents. All the patients have been shifted to Covid-care centre.