Nine deaths, 254 new cases reported on Tuesday
The death toll from the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand mounted to 1544 on Tuesday with the state health department reporting the death of nine patients. The department also reported 254 fresh cases of the disease on the day which increased the tally of the disease to 92366. The authorities discharged 483 patients from different hospitals on the day after their recovery from the disease. A total 85883 patients have recovered from the disease so far and the recovery percentage now stands at 92.98 and the sample positivity rate is 5.01 percent.
Two patients each of Covid-19 were reported dead at Sushila Tiwari government hospital Haldwani, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh and Mahant Indiresh hospital Dehradun. One patient each succumbed to the disease at Synergy hospital Dehradun, district hospital Pithoragarh and Himalayan hospital Dehradun on Tuesday.
Out of 483 patients discharged from different hospitals of the state on Tuesday, 115 belonged to Dehradun, 92 from Pithoragarh and 73 from Nainital.
The health department reported 90 cases of Covid-19 from Dehradun, 76 from Nainital, 17 from Haridwar, 13 from Tehri, 12 from Udham Singh Nagar and Pithoragarh, 10 each from Almora and Uttarkashi, seven from Champawat, four from Chamoli, two from Rudraprayag and one from Bageshwar on Tuesday.
Uttarakhand now has 3717 active cases of the disease. Dehradun is at continuing to remain at top of the table of active cases with 1172 cases while with 852 active cases Nainital is at second spot. Haridwar now at third position with 320 cases, Uttarkashi has 204, Tehri 198, Pithoragarh 184, Bageshwar 150, Almora 148, Udham Singh Nagar 125, Pauri 126, Chamoli 108 and Champawat 69 active cases of the disease. With 61 active cases of Covid-19, Rudraprayag is at the bottom of the table of active cases of Covid-19
Wednesday, 06 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
