13 deaths, 374 new cases reported on Saturday
The death toll from the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand mounted to 1476 on Saturday with the state health department reporting the death of 13 patients. The department also reported 374 fresh cases of the disease on the day which increased the tally of the disease to 89218. The authorities discharged 416 patients from different hospitals on the day after their recovery from the disease. A total 81154 patients have recovered from the disease so far and the recovery percentage now stands at 90.96 and the sample positivity rate is 5.21 percent.
Three patients of the Covid-19 were reported dead at the Max hospital Dehradun on Saturday. Similarly two patients each succumbed to the disease at Mahant Indiresh hospital and Kailash hospital Dehradun. One patient each expired at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, Himalayan hospital Dehradun, Jaya Maxwell hospital Bahadrabad Haridwar, Neelkanth Hospital, Haldwani, Community Health Centre (CHC) Gairsain, Chamoli and District hospital, Uttarkashi on Saturday.
Out of 416 patients discharged from different hospitals of the state on Saturday, 174 were from Dehradun while 99 were from Nainital.
The health department reported 152 fresh cases of the disease from Dehradun, 53 from Nainital, 42 from Haridwar, 36 from Uttarkashi, 20 from Udham Singh Nagar, 19 from Pithoragarh, 15 from Bageshwar, 11 from Pithoragarh, nine from Champawat, seven from Rudraprayag, six from Chamoli, three from Almora and one from Tehri on Saturday.
Uttarakhand now has 5544 active cases of the disease. Dehradun is at continuing to remain at top of the table of active cases with 1567 cases while with 983 active cases Nainital is at second spot. Haridwar is at third spot with 436 active cases. Pithoragarh has 400, Almora and Uttarkashi 318 each, Tehri 285, Chamoli 241, Pauri 235, Udham Singh Nagar 221, Bageshwar 159 and Champawat 158 active cases of the disease. With 123 active cases of Covid-19, Rudraprayag is now at the bottom of the table of active cases of Covid-19.
More than 1 Lakh Covid-19 tests in this week
The health department conducted 15324 Covid-19 tests on Saturday. The founder of Social Development for Communities (SDC) foundation, Anoop Nautiyal said that for the first time ever since the Covid-19 pandemic started in Uttarakhand more than one lakh tests were conducted in one week. In the week ending December 26, a total of 108438 swab samples were tested in the state. The department has so far tested 1711094 samples for Covid-19 in the state. In state capital Dehradun 297827 samples have been tested while 292487 samples have been tested so far in Haridwar district.
Sunday, 27 December 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
