Delhi truck driver tests positive for COVID-19 after death, HP tally 519

A 19-year-old truck driver from Delhi, who died in an accident in Shimla, has tested positive for vel coronavirus as state's tally rose to 519 with 16 new infections, an official said on Sunday.

Five fresh COVID-19 cases were reported from Bilaspur, followed by four from Kangra, three from Una, two from Shimla, and one each from Solan and Chamba, y said.

man from Delhi h suffered injuries while unloing goods in Shimla on Saturday night, following which he was taken to Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), where he died a few hours later.

He tested positive for coronavirus in a cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT) conducted at hospital after his death, ditional Chief Secretary, Health, R D Dhiman said.

However, his death has t been included in state record of COVID-19 fatalities as he died due to trauma, officials said.

Doctors, paramedical staff and or people who came in his contact have been quarantined and ir samples will soon be tested for COVID-19, ar health official said.

casualty ward, where man bread his last, has been sealed for sanitisation as per protocol, he ded.

In Kangra, four people -- including three women who h recently returned from Delhi-NCR -- tested positive for vel coronavirus on Sunday, a district official said.

Six COVID-19 patients, including a 47-year-old man and his nine-year-old son of Nurpur, recovered from infection on Sunday, he said, ding y were being discharged with vice of a seven-day home quarantine.

number of those who have recovered from disease so far in state is 315, while 11 COVID-19 patients have migrated out of state, officials said.

Seven people have died due to infection in state. number of active COVID-19 cases in state stands at 185, he ded. Kangra district has highest number of active cases in state at 61, followed by Hamirpur (34), Una (27), Sirmaur (13), Bilaspur (12), Solan (11), Shimla and Chamba (9 each), Mandi (5), Kullu and Kinnaur (two each).