HP reports fresh COVID-19 case, tally rises to 52

One more person reported tested positive for Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh, the state toll rises to 52. The case was reported from Kangra district. The patient's details were not immediately available.

Shimla: One more person tested positive for Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 52.

"The case was reported from Kangra district," officials said.

"A person from Kangra district has tested positive at Tanda's Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC)," Superintendent of Police Vimukt Ranjan said.

The patient's details were not immediately available.

"With this, the number of active cases in Himachal Pradesh has risen to 10, with three each in Chamba and Kangra, two in Mandi, and one each in Una and Hamirpur districts," according to the officials.

While 35 patients have recovered from the infection, three have died. Four people were shifted to other states for treatment.

The fatalities include a 70-year-old Delhi resident who stayed at a guest house of a factory in Baddi in Solan and died at PGIMER, Chandigarh on April 2.

(PTI REPORT)