3 cops, 27 others test positive in HP; tally now 894

DHARAMSHALA : Thirty people including three cops tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal in 24 hours taking the state’s tally to 894.

Five cases were reported from Bilaspur, three from the tribal district of Kinnaur and one from Chamba late on Friday.

Ten cases were reported in Hamirpur, seven in Kangra and one in Mandi on Saturday.

Three jawans of the Himachal Pradesh Police, including two head constables and one constable, tested positive in Kinnaur district. The cops were deployed at Bhabha Nagar police station.

Kinnaur deputy commissioner Gopal Chand said the health authorities were trying to trace the source of infection.

He said that the three cops, who live in rented accommodation, had been on duty at the police station for several days. Two of them are from Kangra and had returned on June 12 while one was deployed at Chaura police post and may have contracted the disease there.

“Their contacts are also being traced. The police station has been sealed and the staff isolated. Bhabhanagar has been declared a containment zone,” said the DC.

Kinnaur district had become Covid-free on June 25. However, the tribal district has recorded four new cases in the last two days, taking the tally to seven.

FIVE CASES IN BILASPUR

Meanwhile, five people, including a three-year-old child, tested positive in Bilaspur district. All the five patients belong to the

Ghumarwin sub-division and were under institutional quarantine. They have travel history to Delhi, Gurugram and Sonipat. The patients have been shifted to a Covid-care centre.

One case was detected in Chamba district where a man from Bharmaur sub-division was found Covid-19 positive.

He had returned from Rewari of Haryana and was under institutional quarantine.

KANGRA’S TALLY CROSSES 250-MARK

Kangra’s tally breached 250mark with seven more people testing positive in the district.

The fresh cases include three members of a Gurugram returned family, including a couple and their two-year-old child.

The other two patients have travel histories to Faridabad and Noida while two are primary contacts of a Covid-19 patient, Kangra deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said.

Ten cases, nine men a two-year child tested positive in Hamirpur late evening. Three cases were reported in Solan. So far, Himachal has recorded 894 cases.

At present, there are 373 active cases while 501 people have recovered.

POLICEMEN WERE DEPLOYED AT BHABA NAGAR; AREA DECLARED AS A CONTAINMENT ZONE; STATE HAS 373 ACTIVE CASES WHILE 501 PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED