COVID-19 pandemic in Himachal Pradesh

The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China. Slowly, the pandemic spread to various states and union territories including the state of Himachal Pradesh. The first case was recorded in this region on 20 March 2020.[1]

COVID-19 Pandemic in Himachal Pradesh
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationHimachal Pradesh, India
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Arrival date20 March 2020
(10 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Active cases176
Recovered320 (13 June 2020)[note 1]
Deaths
6 (10 June 2020)
Fatality rate1.2%

Timeline
COVID-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh, India  ()
     Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases
Date
# of cases
# of deaths
2020-05-14
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May 2020
  • As on 24 May, the total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh is 182, including 121 active cases, 57 recoveries, and four deaths.[2]

June 2020
  • As on 7 June, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 413, including 185 active cases 6 deaths and 219 recoveries.[3]
  • As on 12 June, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 486, including 176 active cases 7 deaths and 293 cures.[3]
  • As on 16 June, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 550, including 182 active cases 7 deaths and 361 cures.[3]
  • As on 23 June, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 714, including 278 active cases 7 deaths and 429 recoveries.[3]
  • As on 25 June, total number of cases was 837, including 338 active cases 8 fatalities and 491 recoveries.[3]

July 2020
  • As on 1 July, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh is 967, including 341 active cases 9 deaths and 617 recoveries.[3]
  • Total number of cases in Himachal crossed the grim milestone of 1000 persons on 3 July.[4]
  • As on 8 July, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 1088, including 258 active cases 10 deaths and 820 recoveries.[3]
  • As on 15 July, total number of cases was 1330, including 351 active cases 10 deaths and 969 cures.[3]
  • As on 18 July, total number of cases was 1442, including 402 active cases 10 deaths and 1030 cures.[3]
  • As on 26 July, total number of cases was 2121, including 930 active cases 13 deaths and 1178 cures.[3]
  • As on 30 July, total number of cases in Himachal is 2512, including 1094 active cases 13 deaths and 1388 cures.[3]

August 2020
  • As on 3 August, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 2803, including 1125 active cases, 13 deaths and 1665 recoveries.[3]
  • As on 6 August, total number of cases was 3029, including 1141 active cases, 1865 recoveries and 13 deaths.[3]
  • As on 10 August, total number of cases was 3347, including 1152 active cases, 2181 cures and 14 deaths.[3]
  • As on 14 August, total number of cases was 3838, including 1269 active cases, 2551 cures and 18 deaths.[3]
  • As on 20 August, total number of cases was 4411, including 1357 active cases, 2992 recoveries and 20 fatalities.[3]
  • As on 25 August, total number of cases in the state was 5154, including 1323 active cases, 3748 recoveries and 29 deaths.[3]

September 2020
  • As on 1 September, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 6212, including 1525 active cases, 41 deaths and 4646 recoveries.[3]
  • As on 3 September, total number of cases was 6406, including 1613 active cases, 42 deaths and 4751 recoveries.[3]
  • As on 7 September, total number of cases was 7648, including 2234 active cases, 5359 cures and 55 deaths.[3]
  • As on 12 September, total number of cases was 9229, including 3193 active cases, 5947 cures and 72 deaths.[3]
  • On 15 September, total number of cases in Himachal crossed the grim milestone of 10000 cases.[5]
  • As on 16 September, total number of cases was 10768, including 4147 active cases, 6531 cures and 90 deaths.[3]
  • As on 21 September, total number of cases was 12438, including 4457 active cases, 7836 cures and 125 fatalities.[3]
  • As on 28 September, total number of cases was 14457, including 5650 active cases, 10607 cures and 175 fatalities.[3]

October 2020
  • As on 2 October, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 15454, including 3256 active cases, 205 deaths and 11976 recoveries.[3]
  • As on 3 October, total number of cases was 15695, including 3272 active cases, 205 deaths and 12173 recoveries.[3]
  • As on 4 October, total number of cases was 15851, including 3273 active cases, 12341 cures and 212 deaths.[3]
  • As on 10 October, total number of cases was 17222, including 2718 active cases, 14261 recoveries and 243 deaths.[3]
  • As on 19 October, total number of cases was 19082, including 2577 active cases, 16238 cures and 267 deaths.[3]
  • As on 27 October, total number of cases was 20787, including 2520 active cases, 17974 recoveries and 293 deaths.[3]

November 2020
  • As on 8 November, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 25456, including 4710 active cases, 371 deaths and 20375 recoveries.[3]
  • As on 23 November, total number of cases was 34745, including 6677 active cases, 27518 cures and 550 deaths.[3]
  • As on 25 November, total number of cases was 36530, including 7875 active cases, 28080 cures and 575 fatalities.[3]
  • As on 29 November, total number of cases was 39962, including 8644 active cases, 30693 recoveries and 625 deaths.[3]

December 2020
  • As on 3 December, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 42653, including 8088 active cases, 33880 recoveries and 685 deaths.[3]
  • As on 5 December, total number of cases was 44361, including 8247 active cases, 35403 recoveries and 711 fatalities.[3]
  • As on 11 December, total number of cases was 47659, including 7865 active cases, 39031 cures and 763 fatalities.[3]
  • As on 15 December, total number of cases was 50147, including 6792 active cases, 42931 recoveries and 824 fatalities.[3]
  • As on 20 December, total number of cases was 52281, including 5196 active cases, 46221 recoveries and 864 deaths.[3]
  • As on 22 December, total number of cases was 52908, including 4799 active cases, 47240 recoveries and 877 deaths.[3]
  • As on 23 December, total number of cases was 53345, including 4629 active cases, 47834 cures and 882 deaths.[3]
  • As on 28 December, total number of cases was 54633, including 3680 active cases, 50044 recoveries and 909 fatalities.[3]
  • As on 30 December, total number of cases was 55114, including 2796 active cases, 51351 cures and 919 fatalities.[3]
  • As on 31 December, total number of cases was 55229, including 2615 active cases, 51692 cures and 922 deaths.[3]

January 2021
  • As on 5 January, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 55862, including 1437 active cases, 53487 recoveries and 938 deaths.[3]
  • As on 10 January, total number of cases was 56404, including 971 active cases, 54486 recoveries and 947 deaths.[3]
  • As on 12 January, total number of cases was 56548, including 810 active cases, 54789 recoveries and 949 deaths.[3]
  • As on 19 January, total number of cases was 57003, including 584 active cases, 55464 recoveries and 955 deaths.[3]
  • As on 24 January, total number of cases was 57194, including 436 active cases, 55797 recoveries and 961 fatalities.[3]

February 2021
  • As on 1 February, total number of cases in Himachal Pradesh was 57545, including 378 active cases, 56200 recoveries and 967 deaths.[3]

Statistics
COVID-19 pandemic in Himachal Pradesh by district
District Total cases Recoveries Deaths Active cases
Total 57,896 56,444 972 480
Bilaspur 2,922 2,889 24 9
Chamba 2,960 2,899 51 10
Hamirpur 3,043 2,986 49 8
Kangra 8,248 7,969 205 74
Kinnaur 1,369 1,322 16 31
Kullu 4,423 4,327 83 13
Lahaul and Spiti 1,258 1,246 12 0
Mandi 10,162 9,839 124 199
Shimla 10,405 10,106 263 36
Sirmaur 3,448 3,400 31 17
Solan 6,744 6,646 72 26
Una 2,914 2,815 42 57
As of 2021-02-07[6]

COVID-19 Vaccines with Approval for Emergency or Conditional Usage
Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan visiting the GTB Hospital, Shahdara to review the preparedness of Dry Run of COVID-19 vaccine, in Delhi on January 02, 2021.
Main article: COVID-19 vaccine

Covishield

On January 1 2021, the Drug Controller General of India, approved the emergency or conditional use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 (marketed as Covishield).[7] Covishield is developed by the University of Oxford and its spin-out company, Vaccitech.[8] It's a viral vector vaccine based on replication-deficient Adenovirus that causes cold in Chimpanzees. It can be stored, transported and handled at normal refrigerated conditions (two-eight degrees Celsius/ 36-46 degrees Fahrenheit). It has a shelf-life of at least six months.


On 12 January, 2021 first batches of Covishield vaccine was despatched from the Serum Institute of India.[9]

Covaxin

On January 2, 2021, BBV152 (marketed as Covaxin), first indigenous vaccine, developed by Bharat Biotech in association with the Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Virology received approval from the Drug Controller General of India for its emergency or conditional usage.[10]

On 14 January, 2021 first batches of Covaxin vaccine was despatched from the Bharat Biotech, albeit it was still in the third phase of testing.[11]

See also

Notes
  1. 4 migrated cases to other states are also included here

References
  1. "Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh". Covid-19 India. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. "Covid-19 in India". Covid-19 India. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. "MoHFW-GOI". Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. "RELEASEHimachal's COVID-19 Tally Crosses 1000 Mark With 35 New Cases Including 28 ITBP Jawans". Himachal Watcher. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. "Himachal Pradesh COVID-19 caseload crosses 10,000-mark with 143 new cases". Mint. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  6. "COVID cases source". Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. "COVID-19 vaccine Covishield gets approval from DCGI's expert panel". The Hindu. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. "AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine authorised for emergency supply in the UK". AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  9. "Stand By, India: Serum Institute Sends Out Vaccines, 1st Batch In Delhi". NDTV. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  10. "Expert panel recommends Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for restricted emergency use". News18. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  11. "Covaxin delivery starts, 'full initial procurement allotted'". Indian Express. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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