Kangra becomes coronavirus free as two more recover in HP

Shimla, April 30

Two more COVID-19 patients recovered in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, taking the total number of those cured in the state to 27, a senior health official said.

One patient from Jawali subdivision in Kangra district and one from Sihunta tehsil in Chamba district have recovered from the disease on Thursday, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman said.

Kangra district, where the first two cases in the state surfaced on March 20, has become coronavirus free.

A total of five cases were reported from Kangra district. Four of them recovered whereas a 69-year-old man who had travelled from USA died of coronavirus on March 23.

Twelve patients from Una district, five each from Solan and Chamba, four from Kangra and one patient from Sirmaur district recovered so far, Dhiman said.

No fresh novel coronavirus case was reported in the state on Thursday, he added.

Of the 366 samples sent for testing on Friday, 205 tested negative while reports of the rest are awaited, he added.

These tests are being conducted at five laboratories in HP at Tanda’s Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC), Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) in Shimla, Palampur’s Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) in Kangra, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College (SLBSGMC) Nerchowk in Mandi and Kasauli’s Central Research Institute (CRI) in Solan.

So far, 41 coronavirus cases have been reported in the state and the number of active cases in the state is 8.

The active cases are from Una, Hamirpur, Chamba and Sirmaur districts of the hill state.

Four active cases from Una, two from Hamirpur, one each from Chamba and Sirmaur are being treated at Tanda’s RPGMC, Bhota Charitable Hospital in Hamirpur and Katha’s ESIC in Baddi.

Four patients from Solan district were shifted to a private hospital outside Himachal Pradesh.

Two people have died of COVID-19 in the state. The fatalities include a 70-year-old Delhi resident who had stayed at a guest house of a factory in Solan district’s Baddi and died at PGIMER, Chandigarh on April 2. — PTI