With one more positive case, HP tally rises to 67
DHARAMSHALA: One more person from Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 67. Active cases stand at 26 now.
The 29-year-old man hails from Kakrail village of Sulah block in Palampur sub-division, deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said.
He returned home from Gurugram on April 28 along with two others in a taxi and was under home quarantine. The DC said the taxi driver had taken four rounds of the state while ferrying passengers from other states.
Authorities have started contact mapping and the village where the patient belongs is being sealed.
Himachal Pradesh has witnessed a spurt in coronavirus cases with a total of 27 people testing positive in the last 10 days. Kangra has reported 11 cases in the corresponding period.