81 new coronavirus cases, tally climbs to 2,036: Himachal

Himachal Pradesh announced 81 new coornavirus cases on Saturday, pushing the state’s count to 2,036.

Extra Chief Secretary (Health) RD Dhiman said 34 new cases were accounted for from Solan, 15 each from Sirmaur and Mandi, seven from Chamba, six from Una, three from Kangra and one from Shimla.

In Sirmaur, 11 guys between the age gathering of 11 to 68 years and four guys in the age gathering of 14 to 65 years tried positive for COVID-19 from Gobindnagar mohalla in Nahan town, Deputy Commissioner R K Pruthi said.

In Mandi, six new cases were accounted for from Pandoh, three from Sundernagar and one each from Nachan, Balh, Dudar, Janjehli, Mandi town and Drang, a locale official said.

In Kangra, three men, including an Army jawan, tried positive for novel coronavirus, Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Prajapati said.

A 21-year-old Army jawan of Saperu town in Palampur tehsil came back from Leh on July 18 and was home isolated, Prajapati stated, including that he was being moved to A military medical clinic Palampur.

Other than two men, one of them as of late came back from Punjab’s Mohali and the other from Bihar’s Begusarai are being moved to a devoted COVID care focus in Baijnath, he included.

The savage infection has asserted 12 lives in Himachal Pradesh up until this point, while 1,167 individuals have recuperated and 15 have relocated out of the state.

Twenty-two additional patients, 21 in Solan and one in Kullu, recuperated from the contamination in the previous 24 hours, Dhiman said.

The quantity of dynamic cases currently remains at 840.