Dharamshala, June 28 (UNI) A worrying increase was seen in new cases of Covid-19 in this district, as the number reached 168 on Tuesday, from 10 on June 3.
Chief Medical Officer of Kangra Gurdarshan Gupta told UNI that the weekly positivity rate, which was only 0.8 in the month of May, increased to 6.9 last week.
He said that last week, two patients also lost their lives due to the pandemic. The number of patients coming to various hospitals with Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) symptoms has also increased, he added.