Covid-19: In Himachal Pradesh, 70 die in a day, 2,378 infected

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh reported a grim record of 70 Covid-19 deaths and 2,378 positive cases on Sunday even as 4,974 positive patients recovered. The state now has 1,60,240 confirmed positive cases, of which 36,909 cases are active, 1,20,990 patients have recovered and 2,311 patients have died.
Maximum of 30 deaths were reported from Kangra district, 11 from Shimla district, six each from Mandi and Solan, four each from Hamirpur, Sirmaur and Una districts, two from Kullu and one each from Chamba, Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts.
Of the total positive cases reported, maximum cases were reported from Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Solan and Una. So far, 17,33,730 persons have been tested for Covid-19 of whom 15,69,635 tested negative while results of 3,855 samples were awaited.
Positive cases reported include 113 from Bilaspur district, 181 from Chamba, 144 from Hamirpur, 787 from Kangra, 15 from Kinnaur, 80 from Kullu, 23 from Lahaul-Spiti, 156 from Mandi, 242 from Shimla, 95 from Sirmaur, 336 from Solan and 206 from Una.
Those who have recovered include 317 persons from Bilaspur district, 249 from Chamba, 320 from Hamirpur, 1,643 from Kangra, 28 from Kinnaur, 95 from Kullu, 12 from Lahaul-Spiti, 680 from Mandi, 560 from Shimla district, 431 from Sirmaur district, 505 from Solan district and 134 from Una district.
Bilaspur district has 2,832 active cases, Chamba district has 2,350 active cases, Hamirpur has 2,701 active cases, Kangra has 11,579, Kinnaur has 363, Kullu has 905, Lahaul-Spiti has 231, Mandi has 3,871, Shimla has 3,128, Sirmaur has 2,846, Solan has 3,464 and Una has 2,639.