Hamirpur (HP), Dec 31(UNI) Himachal Pradesh reported 65 new COVID-19 cases and one related death on Thyrsday, officials said here on Friday.
They said that the number of active cases also rose to 430 as the number of new positive cases (65) was higher than the number of cured cases (35).
The spokesman said that the total number of confirmed cases in the state had also risen to 2,28,770 as against 2,24,462 cured cases till Thursday night.
He said that a maximum number of new twenty-six cases were reported from the Kangra district, followed by Shimla district with 21 new cases. Five cases were reported from Kulu, four from Solan, and three each from Hamirpur and Mandy districts respectively. One case each was reported from Una and Sirmaur districts, whereas no cases were found from the districts of Chamba, Kinnaur and Lahaul, and Spiti.
The spokesman said that the total number of fatalities in the state has now risen to 3,858.
Meanwhile, the Health Department agencies all over the state were busy in preparing themselves for vaccinating the young people in the age groups of (15-18) years.
On other hand, the total number of people who have got both doses of the vaccine has risen to 1, 13, 56,584, including 4,993 that were vaccinated on Thursday.
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