26 more people succumbed to Covid-19 in Himachal as 1189 fresh infections surfaced in the state on Friday. This was the State's highest single-day death toll since the pandemic began last year.
The death toll has now reached 1267 in the hill state while the total case tally was recorded at 86065.
The active cases jumped to 12246 till the evening. Kangra, the worst affected district reported nine deaths in the last 24 hours. Seven deaths were reported in Hamirpur, six deaths in Shimla, two in Sirmaur and one each in Mandi and Kullu, according to the state’s health bulletin.
Expressing concern on the jump in death toll in the state, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday late evening made an appeal to the people of the state to follow all COVID-19 protocols and get themselves tested and isolated if coming back from other states. In his video message to the people of the state, he also assured that all medical help will be provided to those who want to get tested.
Kangra reported the highest number of fresh infections at 330 followed by 216 cases in Solan. 135 new cases were reported in Mandi, 112 cases each in Una and Sirmaur. No fresh case was reported from Kinnaur district.
Out of total 12246 active cases, Kangra reported the highest number of active cases at 2926 followed by 2276 cases in Solan and 1230 in Shimla. 772 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours taking the total recoveries to 70517 in the state.