Hamirpur: Over 35 students of Navodaya Vidyalaya in Hamirpur’s Dungri tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, while 11 were earlier tested positive for the virus, officials told news agency PTI. Also Read – Third Wave Of Corona: Preparing To Rise From 4.5 To 5 Lakh Covid Cases A Day, Says Govt; October-December is called ‘important’
As per the updates, over 67 people including 35 students in the school were tested positive for COVID-19 and this took the number of active cases in the district to 317. Also Read – BREAKING: UK Removes Quarantine Rules For Fully Vaccinated Indian Travelers From 11 October details here
According to the official’s update, the district has recorded 281 Covid-related deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. Also read- Maharashtra issues new guidelines, makes vaccine certificate mandatory for devotees at Renuka Mata temple in Nanded district
The development comes at a time when four more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh, taking the death toll to 3,678, while 142 fresh cases took the infection tally to 2,20,061. .
Three deaths were reported from Kangra and one from Hamirpur district, the official said. Meanwhile, 211 more patients have recovered from the infection, the health official said.
(with inputs from PTI)
