DW BUREAU / shimla The Himachal Pradesh government imposed a night curfew in four districts from April 27 to May 10 and made it mandatory for people visiting the state to produce a negative coronavirus report.The decisions were taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of CM Jai Ram Thakur. The night curfew will be imposed in Kangra, Una, Solan and Sirmour and the restrictions will remain in force from 10 pm to 5 am daily during the period, an official spokesperson said. The four districts currently have over 7,330 coronavirus patients, which is 57 per cent of the 12,833 cases in the state, according to the Health Department data updated till 2 pm on Sunday. While Kangra has 2,805 cases, Solan has 2,264 patients, followed by Sirmaur (1,259) and Una (1,002), the data revealed. However, the state government has not taken any decision of imposing a night curfew in Shimla, Mandi and Hamirpur districts, each having over 1,000 active cases, the spokesperson said. It has been made mandatory for visitors and state residents to produce a negative report of coronavirus test, conducted not earlier than 72 hours before entering the state, he said. In case Himachal residents do not undergo an RT-PCR test before entering the state, they will have to remain in home isolation for 14 days. However, they have been given the option of getting themselves tested after seven days of home isolation. If they test negative, then they will not be required to remain in quarantine, the spokesperson said. At the meeting, it was also decided that civic bodies, both in urban and rural areas, will be closely involved in effective enforcement of COVID guidelines. They will be empowered to initiate legal action against the violators, the spokesperson added. It was also decided that a special task force will be constituted at the local-level for effective enforcement of the guidelines during all religious, social, political and cultural gatherings. Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj, Technical Education and Tribal Development Minister Dr Ram Lal Markanda, Health Minister Dr Rajiv Saizal, Forests Minister Rakesh Pathania, Chief Secretary Anil Khachi, Additional Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena and Secretary (Health) Amitabh Awasthi were present in the meeting. The COVID-19 death toll in Himachal Pradesh rose to 1,307 on Sunday with 16 more fatalities, while 422 new cases pushed the infection tally to 86,580, according to an official data updated till pm 2 pm. Special Health Secretary Nipun Jindal said the number of active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 12,833. As many as 1,000 coronavirus patients recovered from the infection, taking the recoveries in the state to 72,396, he said. India logged a record 3,49,691 new coronavirus infections in a day taking it total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,69,60,172, while active cases crossed the 26-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll increased to 1,92,311 with a record 2,767  daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 26,82,751. (editor@dailyworld.in)