Monday, 12 October 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
Tally mounts to 55051; total deaths 747.
The number of Covid-19 affected people in Uttarakhand mounted to 55051 on Sunday with the state health department reporting 526 fresh cases of the disease. The death toll from the disease also climbed to 747 on the day with the department reporting deaths of 13 patients. A total of 456 patients were declared cured from the disease on Sunday. So far 46642 patients have recovered from the disease. The recovery percentage from the disease has also increased to 84.73 percent in the state and the Infection Rate (IR) is now at 6.93 percent.
Death of four patients was reported at Himalayan hospital Dehradun on Sunday. Similarly three patients succumbed to death at Mahant Indiresh hospital while death of two patients each was reported from Max hospital and CMI hospital Dehradun. One patient each was reported dead at Sushila Tiwari hospital Haldwani and Medicity hospital Rudrapur.
The authorities reported 181 patients of Covid-19 in Dehradun, 60 in Udham Singh Nagar, 58 in Nainital, 52 in Tehri, 45 in Haridwar, 35 in Pauri, 32 in Uttarkashi, 28 in Chamoli, 12 each in Pithoragarh and Champawat, six in Rudraprayag, four in Almora and one in Bageshwar on Sunday.
Out of the 456 patients discharged on Sunday, 153 are from Haridwar, 122 from Dehradun, 79 from Champawat and 31 from Chamoli. The state now has 7373 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district with 2105 active cases is at top of table while Haridwar with 1299 active cases is on second spot. Nainital has 731, Udham Singh Nagar 654, Tehri 521, Pauri 444, Uttarkashi 442, Chamoli 280, Pithoragarh 248, Rudraprayag 211 Champawat 170, and Bageshwar 135 active cases of Covid-19. With 133 active cases, Almora district is now at the bottom of the table of active cases in Uttarakhand.
