498 cases, eight deaths reported on Saturday
After lying low for many days, the contagion of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is showing signs of upswing again. The state health department reported 498 cases of the disease on Saturday after which the number of the Covid cases in the state increased to 65036. The department also reported the death of eight patients of the disease which increased the death toll to 1063 in the state. a total of 59564 patients have so far recovered from the disease and the percent recovery stands at 91.59 percent in the state.
Three patients of the disease were reported dead at Sushila Tiwari government hospital on Saturday while two patients died at Mahant Indiresh hospital. One person each died at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital, district hospital Rudraprayag and district hospital Rudrapur.
The authorities reported 148 patients from Dehradun, 62 from Chamoli, 51 from Pauri, 46 from Nainital, 36 each from Haridwar and Pithoragarh, 32 from Tehri, 21 from Almora, 19 from Udham Singh Nagar, 15 from Bageshwar, 13 from Rudraprayag, 10 from Champawat and nine from Uttarkashi on Saturday.
Uttarakhand now has 3890 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district with 767 active cases is at top of table while with 514 active cases Pauri district is on second position. Haridwar has 431, Nainital 357, Rudraprayag 323, Tehri 290, Chamoli 283, Udham Singh Nagar 196, Uttarkashi 171, Pithoragarh 165, Almora 157 and Bageshwar 122 active cases of the disease. With 114 active cases of Covid-19, Champawat is now at the bottom of the table.
Sunday, 08 November 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
