Hamirpur (HP), Jan 6: There seems to be no end to the spread of the Coronavirus in Hamirpur district as 62 more people including 39 students of the National Institute of Technology(NIT), two from Sainik school, Sujanpur and three other students have been found positive on Thursday, said official sources.
It’s worth mentioning here that forty-two students of the NIT, Hamirpur were found positive on Wednesday and a hue and cry was raised thereafter.
An official spokesman said that the number of active cases in the district has risen to 152 and that the number of total confirmed cases to 18,233 and cured cases to 17,772.
But with the detection of more cases, the situation has become grim and the authorities are highly upset over this.
A spokesman of the Health Department told UNI that more students were found positive during the sampling that took place after the detection of 42 students on Wednesday.
He said that the results of more sampling would be known tomorrow as the results of the RT-PCR sampling were still awaited as it takes much time to get their results.
Meanwhile, the NIT authorities have put all the new thirty-nine positive cases under Home quarantine in its premises for their proper care and treatment.
Sources in the state government told UNI that the Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur has sought a complete detail from the Hamirpur based authorities over the spreading of Corona virus in such a large number and that too in an institute of repute.
He has reportedly told the authorities to take proper care and ensure that the virus does not take a turn into a community virus.
