Friday, 09 October 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
Patient tally mounts to 53359; death toll increases to 702. Recovery percentage increases to 83.46.
The tally of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand increased to 53359 on Thursday with the state health department reporting 400 new cases of the disease. The department also reported deaths of 14 patients of Covid-19 on the day following which the death toll from the disease mounted to 702 in Uttarakhand. On a positive note, 904 patients of the disease were discharged from different hospitals of the state following their recovery from the disease. A total of 44535 patients have so far recovered from the disease. With increased recoveries, the recovery percentage from the disease is also improving. The state now has a recovery percentage of 83.46 percent and out of the total samples tested 7.03 percent have tested positive for the disease.
Eight patients of Covid-19 were reported dead at Himalayan hospital, Dehradun on Thursday. Similarly three patients succumbed to death at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh and two deaths were reported at Sushila Tiwari government hospital, Haldwani. Death of one patient was reported from Mahant Indiresh hospital, Haldwani.
On Thursday, 76 new cases of Covid-19 were reported from Haridwar, 70 from Dehradun, 64 from Chamoli, 58 from Nainital, 32 from Udham Singh Nagar, 23 from Uttarkashi, 22 from Pithoragarh, 19 from Rudraprayag, 13 from Pauri, 10 each from Bageshwar and Champawat and three from Tehri Garhwal.
Thursday was the day with good recoveries as 904 patients were declared cured from Covid-19. A total of 246 patients were declared recovered in Dehradun, 121 in Tehri, 116 in Haridwar, 97 in Uttarkashi, 95 in Nainital, 69 in Pauri and 48 in Udham Singh Nagar. The state now has 7849 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district with 2447 active cases is at top of table while Haridwar with 1486 active cases is on second spot. Nainital has 698, Uttarkashi 538, Udham Singh Nagar 527, Pauri 489, Tehri 487, Chamoli 291, Champawat 253, Pithoragarh 224, Rudraprayag 175 and Almora 122 active patients of the disease. With 112 active patients of Covid-19 Bageshwar district is at bottom of the table. The state administration has set up 253 containment zones in different parts of the state to control the spread of the disease.
