States »NortPosted at: Jun 19 2021 6:53PM

COVID unleashes itself on 123 people while cutting short lives of 3 in HP's Kangra

COVID unleashes itself on 123 people while cutting short lives of 3 in HP's Kangra
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Dharamshala, Jun 19 (UNI) Three people including one woman and two of them senior citizens died in Kangra district on Saturday due to lethal novel Coronavirus taking death toll to 1018.

As many as 123 fresh Covid-19 cases tested positive for the virus, here pushing the Kangra district case load to 45593.

Chief Medical Officer Kangra told UNI that all the 123 fresh cases who tested positive Saturday have been isolated as per the protocol.

Three people who died Saturday at DRP Govt Medical College Tanda included a 62 year-old male and two others died in home isolation. There were two males and and an elderly female amongst the dead.

CMO said there was decline in the number of active cases to 796 on Saturday.

CMO said there were 128 recoveries too, pushing the number of recovered patients to 43775 on Saturday.

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