Five deaths, 304 fresh cases of the pandemic reported on Thursday
The number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Uttarakhand climbed to 90920 on Thursday with the state health department reporting 304 new cases of the disease. The authorities also reported the death of five patients of the disease on the day after which the death toll mounted to 1409 in the state. The health department discharged 539 patients from different hospitals on Sunday. A total of 83506 patients have recovered from the disease so far in the state. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 91.85 and the sample positivity rate is 5.12 percent.
Three patients of the Covid-19 were reported dead at Sushila Tiwari government hospital, Haldwani on Thursday. One patient each was reported dead at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital Dehradun and Mahant Indiresh hospital Dehradun on the day.
Out of the 539 patients discharged on Thursday, 193 belonged to Dehradun, 72 Pauri and 42 Haridwar.
The health department reported 108 cases of the disease from Nainital, 99 from Dehradun, 25 from Udham Singh Nagar, 18 from Haridwar, 12 from Almora, nine each from Pithoragarh and Uttarkashi, seven from Pauri Garhwal, six each from Bageshwar and Champawat, three from Chamoli and one each from Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal on Thursday.
Uttarakhand now has 4719 active cases of the disease. Dehradun is at continuing to remain at top of the table of active cases with 1460 cases while with 958 active cases Nainital is at second spot. Pithoragarh is at third position with 439 active cases, Haridwar has 380, Uttarkashi 258, Tehri 248, Almora 188, Udham Singh Nagar 169, Pauri 156, Bageshwar 155, Chamoli 120 and Champawat 115 active cases of the disease. With 73 active cases of Covid-19, Rudraprayag is now at the bottom of the table of active cases of Covid-19.
Friday, 01 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
