Six deaths, 141 new cases reported on Friday
The tally of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Uttarakhand climbed to 94465 on Friday with the state health department reporting 141 new cases of the disease. The department also reported the death of six patients of the disease on the day after which the death toll mounted to 1602 in the state. The health department discharged 234 patients from different hospitals on Friday. A total of 89182 patients have recovered from the disease so far in the state. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 94.41 and the sample positivity rate is 4.82 percent.
Three patients of Covid-19 were reported dead at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh on Friday. One patient each was reported dead at Sushila Tiwari government hospital, HNB base hospital and Synergy hospital Dehradun on the day.
The health department reported 51 patients from Dehradun, 37 from Nainital, 13 from Haridwar, 12 from Pauri, ten from Udham Singh Nagar, four each from Tehri and Champawat, three from Almora, two each from Chamoli, Pithoragarh and Uttarkashi and one from Bageshwar on Friday.
Uttarakhand now has 2406 active cases of the disease. Dehradun is at continuing to remain at top of the table of active cases with 567 cases while with 442 active cases Nainital is at second spot. Haridwar is at third position with 315 cases, Almora has 169, Tehri 149, Udham Singh Nagar 144, Bageshwar 134, Pauri 121, Chamoli 103, Pithoragarh 95, Uttarkashi 98 and Rudraprayag 43 active cases of the disease. With only 26 active cases of Covid-19, Champawat is at the bottom of the table of active cases of Covid-19
Saturday, 16 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
