The number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in Uttarakhand mounted to 73,527 in Uttarakhand on Friday with the state health department reporting 530 fresh cases of the disease. The department also reported the death of five patients of the disease on the day after which the death toll in the state increased to 12492. The authorities discharged 391 patients of the disease after their recovery from different hospitals of the state on Friday. A total of 66855 patients have so far recovered from the disease. The recovery percentage in the state is now at 90.93 and the sample positivity rate is 5.65 percent.
One patient each of the disease was reported dead at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, Max hospital Dehradun, HNB Base hospital Srinagar, district hospital Pithoragarh and district hospital Champawat on Friday.
The state health department reported 168 fresh cases of the disease from provisional state capital, Dehradun, 69 from Nainital, 45 from Champawat, 43 from Haridwar, 40 from Pauri, 38 from Chamoli, 33 from Udham Singh Nagar, 25 from Pithoragarh, 22 from Almora, 20 from Rudraprayag, 11 from Tehri and eight each from Uttarkashi and Bageshwar on Friday.
Out of the 391 patients discharged on the day, 103 were from Dehradun, 40 from Udham Singh Nagar, 37 from Pithoragarh and 35 from Haridwar.
Dehradun district continues to get severely affected by the infection of the Covid-19. The district now has 1498 active cases of the disease out of total 4818 active cases of the state. With 551 active cases, Haridwar is on second position. Pauri has 445, Nainital 442, Chamoli 357, Pithoragarh 341, Udham Singh Nagar 245, Tehri 225, Almora 172, Rudraprayag 125, Uttarkashi 133 and Champawat 128 active cases of the disease. With 128 active cases of Covid-19, Bageshwar now is at the bottom of the table.
Saturday, 28 November 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
