Shimla, Jun 12 () As many as 16 people, including five members of a family in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district, tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 487, officials said.
Special Secretary (Health) Nipun Jindal said five fresh cases were reported from Hamirpur district, four from Una, three from Sirmaur, two from Kangra and one each from Solan and Chamba.
Five members of a family in Hamirpur, who returned from Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi on May 29, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, Hamirpur Deputy Commissioner Harikesh Meena said.
A 40-year-old woman, her 10-year-old son, a 59-year-old man, his 57-year-old wife and their nine-year-old daughter from Chhaner village in Sujanpur of the district tested positive for COVID-19.
They are family members of a man who was found to have coronavirus infection earlier.
Seventeen patients -- seven in Hamirpur, four in Kangra, three in Bilaspur, two in Chamba and one in Mandi – have recovered from the disease, Jindal said.
The number of those who have recovered from the disease so far in the state is 293, while 11 COVID-19 patients have migrated out of the state, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman said.
Seven people have died due to the infection in the state.
The number of active cases in the state stands at 176, he added.
Kangra district has the highest number of active cases in the state at 56, followed by Hamirpur (38), Una (25), Sirmaur (15), Chamba (10), Solan (9), Bilaspur (8), Mandi (7), Shimla (4), Kullu and Kinnaur (two each). DJI HDA HDA