Two new cases in Solan

Tribune News Service

Solan, June 11

Two new Covid cases were detected in Solan this morning, taking the tally to 37 in the district.

A 44-year-old patient of Kaduwana village in Baddi was suffering from fever. His samples were taken on June 9. He is a former pradhan of Gullerwala panchayat.

Health officials said he had gone to a local hospital for the treatment of his mother and also visited government offices and met villagers of his panchayat. As many as 18 persons, including five members of his family and neighbours, have been identified as his primary contacts.

The second patient was a truck driver who had come back from Ambala on June 1 and had been staying in his truck since then. He hails from Sainimajra village in Nalagarh. Both have been shifted to ESIC Hospital, Katha, at Barotiwala.

There were 16 active cases in the district while 17 persons have been cured and four have migrated out of the district.

The local administration has begun the contact mapping of the patients.