6 more test positive in HP, count now 58

SHIMLA/DHARAMSHALA: Six more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 58.

Additional chief secretary (health) RD Dhiman said the new patients are taxi drivers who were ferrying passengers to Himachal from other states.

One of the patients, a 36-yearold man from Gujarat, brought five passengers from Ahmedabad to Baijnath in Kangra district. The other cabbie is 46-year-old from Delhi and had ferried three passengers from Gurugram to Mandi. They were quarantined at the state border in Bilaspur and their samples were sent to IGMC, Shimla, for testing and turned out positive.

“All the eight passengers have also been quarantined and their samples are being sent for testing,” said Dhiman.

The third patient, a 19-year-old woman from Kangra, is the sister of the Shahpur (Kangra) man who tested positive for Covid-19 on May 8. Authorities are mapping her contacts now. The three patients have been shifted to hospitals.

Three more people tested positive late in the evening.