48-year-old woman tests positive in HP, count climbs to 46

SHIMLA/DHARAMSHALA: Himachal Pradesh reported a fresh Covid-19 infection on Thursday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 46, officials said.

A 48-year-old woman from Sarkaghat of Mandi district, whose son had died of the infection at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) in Shimla on Tuesday, has tested positive for the virus, officials said.

Her 21-year-old son had returned from Delhi on April 29 after undergoing treatment for a kidney ailment. He was shifted to Lal Bahadur Shastri medical college in Mandi’s Nerchowk on Monday evening and was subsequently referred to Shimla where he passed away on Tuesday. His sample had tested positive for Covid-19 after death.

“She was in institutional quarantine after his death. After sample tested positive she was admitted at IGMC,” additional chief secretary (health) RD Dhiman said.

Authorities have traced her 48 contacts and they have been placed under quarantine, he added.A person, who was accompanying the woman, has tested negative for the virus.

Till date, 17,492 people were kept under surveillance in the state of which 6,970 have completed the mandatory 28-day observation period.