13 May, 2100 hours
Adding to the tally today a 29 year old male has tested positive in Kangra, confirmed DC kangra. The youth is from Kakrain village in tehsil Palampur. Reportedly he had returned from Gurugram on April 28, and was in home quarantine.
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Kangra district has recorded 7 positive cases in the past 3 days. Yesterday a Male doctor, police constable were among the total 5 who had tested positive in Kangra and 2 were confirmed in Hamirpur district. The two tested positive in Hamirpur district are aged 50 years and 30 years and were asymptomatic. They belong to Bajrol panchayat under Sujanpur tehsil and had returned from Delhi on May 1 this year.
On Monday one 63 yrs old man belonged to Chaundha Village of Kangra district tested positive at Microbiology lab and Dr. Rajinder Prasad Medical College Tanda and hospitalised at Zonal Hospital Dharmshala. The patient returned to Himachal from Delhi on May 8 and sample of the patient was taken during institutional quarantine as he turned symptomatic during the isolation.
Adding the one today the total positive case count have moved up to 67 and ‘Active’ cases are 26 now.
Till date Una district has recorded 17 cases of COVID-19, Chamba 12, Kangra recorded 16, Solan 9, Hamirpur 6, Sirmaur, Bilaspur and Mandi 2 each and Shimla one.
