Shimla, May 14 (IANS) Two new COVID1-9 cases were detected in Himachal Pradesh, taking the tally of positive cases in the state to 69.
The new patients — a 30-year-old woman and her seven-year-old daughter — have tested positive for coronavirus in Paonta Sahib in Sirmaur district.
The duo was in home quarantine.
The woman’s husband would also be tested, while her two-and-a-half-year old son tested negative.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has said that with one lakh people returning to Himachal Pradesh from across the country, the number of active COVID-19 cases has spiked in the state.
–IANS
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