Six deaths, 287 new patients reported on Saturday
The tally of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Uttarakhand climbed to 93398 on Saturday with the state health department reporting 287 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 1568 in the state. The health department discharged 243 patients from different hospitals on Saturday. A total of 87370 patients have recovered from the disease so far in the state. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 93.55 and the sample positivity rate is 4.93 percent.
Two patients each of the Covid-19 were reported dead at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh and Himalayan hospital Dehradun on Saturday. One patient each succumbed to the disease at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital and Kailash hospital Dehradun on the day.
The state health department reported 90 cases of Covid-19 from Nainital, 65 from Dehradun, 36 from Haridwar, 24 from Pauri, 21 from Udham Singh Nagar, 15 from Almora, nine from Tehri, eight from Pithoragarh, seven from Uttarkashi, five from Chamoli, three from Rudraprayag and two each from Bageshwar and Champawat.
Uttarakhand now has 3215 active cases of the disease. Dehradun is at continuing to remain at top of the table of active cases with 844 cases while with 688 active cases Nainital is at second spot. Haridwar is at third position with 375 cases, Pithoragarh has 177, Almora 170, Tehri 165, Bageshwar 149, Udham Singh Nagar 137, Uttarkashi 136, Pauri 131, Chamoli 106 and Champawat 71 active cases of the disease. With 66 active cases of Covid-19, Rudraprayag is at the bottom of the table of active cases of Covid-19.
Sunday, 10 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
