Nine deaths, 466 fresh cases reported on Sunday
The number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in Uttarakhand mounted to 71256 on Sunday with the state health department reporting 466 fresh cases of the disease. The department also reported deaths of nine patients of Covid-19 on the day which increased the death toll to 1155 in the state. The authorities discharged 251 patients from different hospitals on the day following their recovery from the disease. A total of 65102 patients have so far recovered from the disease and the recovery percentage is at 91.36 percent.
Three patients of Covid-19 were reported dead at Sushila Tiwari Government hospital, Haldwani on Sunday. Similarly two patients of the disease expired at Himalayan hospital Dehradun. One patient each was reported dead at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital Dehradun and HNB Base hospital, Srinagar.
The authorities reported 181 fresh cases of the disease from Dehradun, 65 from Pauri, 53 from Haridwar, 40 from Nainital, 38 from Pithoragarh, 23 from Udham Singh Nagar, 16 from Chamoli, 15 Uttarkashi, 14 Tehri, seven from Champawat, five each from Almora and Bageshwar and four from Rudraprayag.
Uttarakhand now has 4868 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district with 1254 active cases is at top of table while with 490 active cases Pauri is now on second position. Nainital has 421, Haridwar 399, Tehri 287, Chamoli 284, Udham Singh Nagar 252, Pithoragarh 247, Almora 197, Uttarkashi 150, Rudraprayag 145 and Bageshwar 135 active cases of the disease. With 107 active cases of Covid-19, Champawat is at the bottom of the table.
Decrease in number of Covid-19 tests
Even as a surge in the number of cases of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is being reported in the state the decrease in the number of tests has made things worse.
The number of weekly tests which were about 85000 a month ago has now reduced to about 64000. The data released by the Social Development for Communities Foundation (SDCF) reflects that a total of 64278 tests were conducted in the week ending on November 21. As compared to this, 85110 tests were conducted from October 13 to 19 in the state.
The founder of SDCF, Anoop Nautiyal said that the government needs to put renewed focus to increase tests. He said that the infection rate is steadily climbing up which is not a good sign.
Monday, 23 November 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
