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All residents except one in Himachal Pradeshs Lahaul test positive for COVID-19

November 20, 2020, 4:59 PM

Amar Ashok Jajoo | Manali

Himachal Pradesh (Representational Image)

Himachal Pradesh (Representational Image)

All residents except one in Thorang village of Himanchal Pradeshs Lahaul valley have tested positive for COVID-19. The only person to have tested negative in the village, which has a population of 42, is 52-year-old man named Bhushan Thakur. With the surge in cases, Lahaul-Spiti valley has become the worst COVID-19 affected district in the state in terms of population ratio.

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As per a report in TOI, a few days back, residents in the village had gathered for a religious function. After the function, the villagers voluntarily decided to get tested. Out of the 42 samples, 41 except Thakurs sample came back positive.

Most people living in Thorang, which is long the Manali-Leh highway, have migrated to Kullu for the winter leaving behind just 42 residents currently.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.