Four army, BSF men among 22 new cases in HP, tally reaches 916
DHARAMSHALA: Twenty-two more people, including two army personnel and two BSF jawans, tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, taking the tally in the state to 916.
Eleven cases were reported in Kangra, three each in Una and Solan, and one each in Shimla, Bilaspur, Sirmaur and Mandi and Kinnaur.
Kangra deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said that the 54-year-old BSF personnel had travelled from Jammu on June 18.
The family of the Covid-19 positive child travelled from Ranga Reddy district of Telangana up to Delhi by train and then in a car to Kangra. The child was asymptomatic.
A 36-year-old bank employee from the Fatehpur subdivision tested positive. He is posted at Talwara in Punjab.
A 39-year-old army jawan, who came from Arunachal Pradesh on June 23, has been tested positive. He has been shifted to Military Hospital, Yol.
Six more people, including a woman and her son, were tested positive in the district late evening.
One army jawan has tested positive in Paonta Sahib of the Sirmaur district. The 48-year-old soldier returned from Delhi Cantonment on June 24 and was under institutional quarantine. One BSF jawan is among three tested positive in Una.
900 CASES IN 101 DAYS
Himachal breached the 900mark on the 101st day of reporting its first case, which was detected on March 20. It took four days for the tally to reach 800 to 900. The 800-mark was reached on June 24. A total of 578 cases have been reported in June month alone.
378 ACTIVE CASES
Since the outbreak began, Himachal Pradesh has recorded 916 coronavirus cases. At present, there are 378 active cases, while 518 people have recovered. Eleven people have migrated to other states and seven have succumbed to the infection.
Kangra is the worst-hit district in the state with 262 cases, followed by Hamirpur with 238 cases, Una with 104 cases, Solan with 98 cases, Chamba with 51 cases, Bilaspur with 44 cases, Shimla with 40 cases, Sirmaur with 38 cases, Mandi with 28 cases, Kinnaur with eight cases; and Kullu with 5 cases.