HP crosses 3,000 mark as 131 test +ve
HP POWER MINISTER, HIS 2 DAUGHTERS INFECTED
DHARAMSHALA:: Himachal Pradesh on Thursday recorded 131 fresh Covid-19 infections, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 3,047, officials said.
This is also the biggest singleday spike in virus cases in the hill state. The state has crossed the 3,000 mark in 139 days since the first case was reported.
Of the new cases, 47 people tested positive in Kullu district, 21 in Hamirpur, 16 in Solan, 14 in Una, 9 in Sirmaur, seven each in Mandi and Bilaspur, four each in Kangra and Shimla and one each in Kinnaur and Shimla.
Kangra chief medical officer Dr Gurdarshan Gupta said Kangra district’s tally of Covid-19 cases has reached 500 after four more people tested positive for the virus. Among the patients is a 42-year-old man from Dari locality of Dharamshala town. A 35-year-old woman and her sixyear-old daughter, residents of Charri village in Shahpur subdivision have also contracted the disease. They are primary contacts of a Covid-19 patient.
The fourth patient is a 45-yearold man from Baidi village. He has a travel history to Bihar on July 30. Three patients have
The newly appointed power minister of Himachal Pradesh Sukhram Chaudhary and his two daughters tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. In a Facebook post, the minister stated that his personal assistant Sonu Chaudhary had tested positive for the virus. Therefore, he got himself tested and his report is positive. “I am all right and urge people who have come in my contact to quarantine themselves and get the Covid-19 test done,” he said. Sukhram Chaudhary was inducted in the state cabinet along with two other MLAS on July 30. His two daughters have also tested positive for the virus.
been shifted to Covid-care centre Dadh and the fourth to Covidhospital Dharamshala.
Six people have tested positive in Sirmaur district. Deputy commissioner RK Pruthi said all new cases are from Paonta Sahib. Active cases in the state are 1,142 while 1,815 patients have cured