25 fresh infections take HP tally to 585

THE HILL STATE’S RECOVERY RATE STANDS AT 63.44% COMPARED TO THE 55.79% AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

DHARAMSHALA:Twenty-five more people tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, taking the state’s Covid-19 count to 585.

Eight cases were reported from Kangra, seven from Hamirpur, three from Chamba, two Solan and one from Sirmaur. Four cases were reported from Una late on Tuesday.

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Kangra deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said a 44-year-old Sashastra Seema Bal personnel deployed at the Union home ministry in Delhi was among the new positive cases.

He came to Himachal on June 13 and was under institutional quarantine in Dehra.

He developed fever and was shifted to Dharamshala zonal hospital on June 15. His test result turned out positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, said Prajapati.

Besides him, three of a family including a 34-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged 7 and 3, were among the patients. They had returned from Gurugram on June 12 and were in institutional quarantine. The above four patients have been shifted to the Covid hospital in Dharamshala.

Another family of two including a 55-year-old man and his 46-year-old wife, who had come from Delhi on June 9, also tested positive. Moreover, a 23-yearold Delhi-returned youth was found infected.

A 30-year-old woman doctor who was deployed at a quarantine centre has Covid-19.

Seven cases were reported in Hamirpur district. Four are from Barsar sub-division and two from Bhoranj.

Three cases have been reported in Chamba. These include a 27-year-old man from Thanoli village, a 22-year-old youth of the same village and a 30-year-old from Chowari.