Recovered COVID-19 patient tests positive again in Himachal

A man, who had recovered from the novel coronavirus, wasagain found suffering from the infection in Himachal Pradesh, officials said.

The man, a Tablighi Jamaat member, tested positive for theinfection on Saturday within a week of his two reports coming out negative,they said.

   

Residents of different places in Mandi district, the manalong with two other Jamaatis had been staying in a mosque of Nakroh village inUna’a Amb tehsil and all tested positive on April 2.

They were admitted to Tanda’s Dr. Rajendra Prasad GovernmentMedical College (RPGMC) in Kangra district on April 3.

As per the available information, they had tested negativefor the first time on April 10 and they were declared as cured as per protocolafter they tested negative for the second time on April 12.

Subsequently they had been discharged from the RPGMC andwere kept in institutional quarantine.

However, with the man again testing positive, the totalnumber of active cases in the hill state has increased to 23 out of the total40 positive cases.

Four persons have been shifted to a private hospital outsidethe state. Eleven have recovered while two others have died.

A total of 16 confirmed cases were found in Una and healthdepartment statistics now shows 14 active cases and two cured.

Officials said 11 patients — three each from Chamba,Kangra, and Solan districts and two from Una district — have recovered.

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