<span style="color: #222222;">The Covid-19 death toll in Himachal Pradesh rose to 2,369. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has expressed concern over the rise in Covid-19 related deaths in the State. In view of this he directed the health officials to ensure regular monitoring of Health parameters of covid patients. AIR correspondent reports that during last week, 28817 positive cases with a positivity rate of 28.9% were recorded in the State and in the same period, 439 deaths also occurred with case fatality rate of 1.52%.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Expressing concern over the increase in deaths related to covid-19 in the state, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur directed the Health Department to develop more effective mechanisms to ensure that patients are provided with the best possible treatment and life aids. He added that it must be ensured that all the test reports related to covid were made available within 36 hours. He directed the health officials to rope in private labs in order to reduce time for testing.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, 3456 fresh Covid cases were reported in the state yesterday, taking the tally to 1 lakh 63,786. Besides, 58 persons also died of the virus in the past 24 hours. On the other hand 3 thousand 760 more individuals recovered from the covid infection yesterday taking the total recoveries to 1 lakh 24,750.</span><br />''  <br />