5 more positive cases in Kangra

Five more have tested Covid positive in Kangra, taking the total number of cases in the district to 78.

The patients include a man from Agar village near Khundiya, a Ramnagar villager, another man from Dashlun Lambagaon village near Jaisinghpur and a man belongs to Bhalera village, Jawali. All had came from Delhi and Gurugram

All have been shifted to Covid containment centre in Dadh. Meanwhile, four patients tested negative and were discharged from the centre.

Mandi driver positive in PGI

A driver of Nagvain in Mandi district has been found Covid-19 positive at PGIMER, Chandigarh.

The person met with an accident a few days ago when he was on his way to Delhi from Mandi. Due to injuries, he had been under treatment at PGI. He was engaged in the vegetable supply between Mandi and Delhi. Official sources said his sample was found positive and the district administration Mandi had been informed. Chief Medical Officer Jeevanand Chauhan said the health authorities were trying to trace his contacts in the district.

Baddi boy infected

Two Delhi returnees, who were in quarantine at Ramshehar in Nalagarh, tested Covid positive, taking the toll of positive cases in Solan district to 26

An 11-year-old boy tested Covid positive at Baddi. His mother had also tested positive on May 28. The family comprising husband, wife and their two children had arrived from Shamli in Uttar Pradesh on May 23 in a pick-up utility vehicle, said Medical Officer, Solan, Dr NK Gupta.

As many as 26 contacts — the grandparents of the child, uncle and 23 others — have been quarantined and will also be tested. The area where the family lived on the Sai Road has been sealed and the police have been deployed there. There are 15 active cases in Solan district and all of them had returned from West Bengal, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Nine positive cases, detected in April, had been cured.