24 more cases in Himachal Pradesh, tally 383

SHIMLA: A total 24 positive cases of

Covid-19

were reported in

Himachal Pradesh

on Thursday. While seven cases were from Nahan, four each from Kangra and Hamirpur districts, three each from Mandi and Chamba districts, one each was from Shimla, Bilaspur and

Kullu districts

. Besides, 29 patients also recovered — 10 from Hamirpur, nine from Kangra, seven from Shimla and one each from Solan, Una and Bilaspur. Now, the state has 383 total positive cases, of which 199 are active and 175 have recovered.

In

Sirmaur district

, seven positive cases include two who returned from Delhi, four persons who came back from

Saharanpur

and a woman whose sample was taken at Nahan Medical College. In Chamba district, two persons who tested positive include a 47-year-old Tibetan from Dalhousie who had returned from Delhi recently and an 18-year-old youth from Churah who had returned from Sonipat.

Among those who tested positive in Kangra district are a 30-year-old male from Talsuh in Baijnath area, who returned from Delhi on May 28 and was in institutional quarantine; a 17-year-old youth from Sagur in Baijnath area, who also returned from Delhi on May 28 and was in home quarantine; a 35-year-old man from Baijnath, who returned from USA on May 29 and was in institutional quarantine; and a 46-year-old woman from Mandhol in Baijnath who returned from Delhi on May 28.

In Mandi, two positive cases were been reported from Dharampur subdivision and third from Ner Chowk. In Kullu, a 29-year-old woman from Bhuntar, who had returned from Shimla, has also tested positive.