17 test +ve in HP, tally climbs to 185

DHARAMSHALA/SHIMLA/MANDI: Seventeen more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, taking the state’s Covid-19 tally to 185.

Six cases have been reported in Kangra, four in Mandi and one each in Shimla and Una.

Among the Mandi patients, one belongs to Baldwara area of Sarkaghat, had been under institutional quarantine after returning from Mumbai on May 18.

He was shifted to Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College (SLSGMC), Nerchowk, after he complained of chest pain on May 21, said Mandi deputy commissioner Rugved Milind Thakur.

Three remaining patients, of which two are women, hail from Lad-Bhadol area of Jogindernagar sub-division.

They were under institutional quarantine at the HP Revenue Training Institute. The patients have been shifted to SLSGMC, which is a dedicated Covid-care centre.

One case was reported in Shimla. The patient, a 72-yearold woman of Hamirpur district, was suffering from a kidney ailment.

She tested positive at Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla. She, along with her husband, had returned from Jalandhar earlier this month after undergoing treatment for a kidney ailment.

Earlier her husband had tested for positive and is under treatment.

Meanwhile, six people, including two women, were tested positive in Kangra in the afternoon. Five patients hailing from Jaisinghpur and Palampur subdivision returned from Mumbai on May 18 and were under institutional quarantine, said Kangra Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati.

One of the patients is a 70-years-old woman. Sixth case in Kangra is a 68-year-old man who returned from Jalandhar and was undergoing treatment for respiratory distress at Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC), Tanda.

Five cases have been reported in Solan district. The patients belonging to Ramshehar town of Nalagarh sub-division returned from West Bengal in a truck and were under institutional quarantine.

Seventy-four cases have been reported in three days.