The tally of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Uttarakhand climbed to 94324 on Thursday with the state health department reporting 154 new cases of the disease. The department also reported the death of three patients of the disease on the day after which the death toll mounted to 1596 in the state. The health department discharged 187 patients from different hospitals on Thursday. A total of 88948 patients have recovered from the disease so far in the state. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 94.30 and the sample positivity rate is 4.84 percent.
Two patients of Covid-19 were reported dead at Himalayan hospital Dehradun on Thursday while one patient was reported dead at Mahant Indiresh hospital Dehradun on the day.
The health department reported 40 new patients of the disease from Dehradun, 37 from Haridwar, 30 from Nainital, 15 from Udham Singh Nagar, nine from Pauri, six from Tehri, four each from Bageshwar and Rudraprayag, three each from Chamoli and Champawat, two from Uttarkashi and one from Almora. Pithoragarh district reported no case of the disease on Thursday. Out of the 187 patients discharged on the day, 68 belonged to Dehradun while 57 were from Nainital.
Uttarakhand now has 2510 active cases of the disease. Dehradun is at continuing to remain at top of the table of active cases with 604 cases while with 474 active cases Nainital is at second spot. Haridwar is at third position with 321 cases; Almora has 177, Tehri 158, Bageshwar 136, Udham Singh Nagar 134, Pauri 113, Pithoragarh 111, Chamoli 106, Uttarkashi 96 and Rudraprayag 47 active cases of the disease. With only 33 active cases of Covid-19, Champawat is at the bottom of the table of active cases of Covid-19.
Friday, 15 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
