One dies, 916 rested positive for Corona Virus

Himachal  Pradesh becomes new hotbed of COVID – 19 infection, as a sudden spike being witnessed  with tracing of 1902 New cases in Last 48 hrs. State recorded 986 case on Tuesday and 916 cases on Wednesday Including two deaths. Number of total Covid case increased upto 296590 in the state. One died of Covid in Chamba district increasing casualty upto 4138.The numbers of active cases on July 20 were 4073, which have risen to 4914 of date. 

 State total positivity rate recorded 16 per cent as 5776 People tested for the Corona Virus in past 24 hrs . In Kangra recorded 259 new cases, Shimla 160 and Mandi 153. 542 People recovered from the pandemic. Taking a look at the figures of the last 7 days (20th to 26 July), clearly indicate that the hill state has been reeling with a positivity rate of more than 15 percent, every day.  Pertinent to mention here, that the WHO flags positivity rate above 5 percent for active containment and COVID protocol.  A media report indicated , here , today , that Himachal witnessed a surge of 1.57 times in cases per day  Moreover , since the per recovery rate is also very healthv system  ( around 50 per ) , it was found imperative to take a look at the per day positivity rate of every district.  Slicing into the daily COVID reports by the State government, indicated that 5 out of the 12 districts of HP have been reeling with a per day positivity rate of more than 15 percent in the past 7 days.  Whereas, 6 other districts have recorded a 7 days average positivity rate between 10 and 15 percent.  Only one district Lahaul & Spiti has reported a positivity rate of below 8 percent .  The average positivity rate for the week in Lahaul & Spiti was recorded to be 6.92 percent.  Though at number two spot , for the number of active cases ( 970) , Mandi district of the State has the highest system  positivity rate of 24 percent.   Though active cases here only 89, amongst the least in the State.  Kullu district recorded 19.35 percent average positivity rate for the week .  Here active numbers of cases are 255. The tally is followed by capital Shimla, where the average 7 day positivity rate was about 17.33 percent.  Here 721 cases are active, as of date.  Then the district with highest number of active cases , that is 1160 , Kangra , reported a positivity rate of 16.87 percent .  Followed by Chamba which has a 7 days average positivity rate of 14.55 percent, with 365 active cases.  The districts below 14 percent mark are Bilaspur ( 13.72 per ) , and 284 active cases .  Hamirpur , 13.73 percent and 303 active cases of n CoV.  Solan with 198 active cases has a 7 day average positivity rate of 12.99 percent .  Una, 11.83 percent, with 214 active cases. 

 Overall , India has 1, 47,512 active covid cases while average daily cases over the last week were 19,267 at a case positivity rate of 4.53 % .  Country wide , as of today , 181 districts out of 734 have over 10 per cent weekly positivity indicating high infection rate while 107 districts have positivity between 5 and 10 per cent .