19 more test +ve in HP, tally at 470

DHARAMSHALA/SHIMLA/HAMIRPUR:: Nineteen more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh late on Wednesday and Thursday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 470, officials said.

Three cases were reported from Una district, eight from Kangra, two each from Chamba, Hamirpur and Solan and one each from Sirmaur and Shimla.

Una deputy commissioner Sandeep Kumar said three people tested positive in the district late on Wednesday night. Of these, two were under home quarantine and one in institutional quarantine. They include a 21-year-old youth who returned from Assam while the other patient, a 30-yearold man had returned from Delhi. The third patient is a 45-year-old man from Amb sub-division, who had returned from Delhi and was in institutional quarantine in a hotel.

8 NEW CASES IN KANGRA

Kangra deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said eight people who returned from Delhi have tested positive for Covid-19 in the district. The fresh cases include a 35-year-old man and his wife aged 27 from Rachialu village. Another 27-year-old woman from Jawali town has also tested positive. A 30-year-old woman and her 4-year-old daughter from Naganpatt are also among the fresh cases.

FOUR CASES IN SOLAN AND CHAMBA

Four cases were reported on Thursday from Solan and Chamba. Deputy commissioner KC Chaman said one of the two cases from the district is a truck driver from Nalagarh area. In Chamba, a 23-year-old man from Kehal Bakan village and a 25-year-old woman from Salooni have tested positive.