In the last 24 hours, 480 corona positive cases of corona have been reported in Himachal Pradesh. As of December 31, 2021, where the corona infection rate was 1.03 in the state, it has now increased to 3.69 percent. The number of active patients has increased to 1655. The government has issued an alert regarding a possible third wave. The Health Department has been instructed to increase the samples. The maximum number of 170 people have turned positive in district Kangra on Thursday. These include 38 students from Engineering College Massal, Nagrota Bagwan, six doctors, three nurses and one ward boy in Zonal Hospital Dharamsala, besides 28 people from Yol Cantt area, four employees of State Bank of India Jasur and three police line Sakoh. . At the same time, 62 people have been found infected in the district, including 39 students of NIT Hamirpur. Offline studies in NIT have been stopped. 75 new cases were reported in district Solan, while 14 trainees of Sundernagar Dental College in Mandi district, 27 people including nine researchers from IIT Mandi have been found positive.