Wednesday, 30 September 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
493 new cases, 11 deaths and 1,413 recoveries on Tuesday
For the second consecutive day on Tuesday, the state health department reported less than 500 fresh cases of Covid-19. On the day 493 patients were reported which increased the tally of the disease to 47,995 in the state. Deaths of 11 patients were reported on Tuesday which increased the death toll to 591. Continuing the good trend of increased recoveries, 1,413 patients of the disease were declared cured on Tuesday. A total of 38,059 patients have so far recovered from the disease and the recovery percentage has increased to 79.30 percent. The Infection Rate (IR) of the disease is 7.09 percent and the doubling rate of the disease is 44.58 days.
Four patients of Covid-19 were reported dead at Sushila Tiwari government hospital Haldwani. In All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh three patients of the disease were reported dead. Similarly two patients succumbed to the disease at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital Dehradun. One patient each was reported dead at Government Base hospital and SN hospital Almora on the day.
The authorities reported 174 fresh cases of the disease in Dehradun district on Tuesday. In Tehri 65 patients were reported while 60 patients in Udham Singh Nagar, 53 in Haridwar, 47 in Nainital, 40 in Uttarkashi, 15 each in Champawat and Pithoragarh, 13 in Chamoli, six in Bageshwar, four in Rudraprayag and one patient in Almora was reported.
Out of the 1413 patients recovered on Tuesday, 411 are from Dehradun, 301 from Nainital, 169 from Haridwar, 142 from Udham Singh Nagar, 120 Chamoli, 94 from Pauri and 74 are from Almora district.
Incidentally the count of active patients came below the 10000 figure mark on Tuesday. The state now has 9122 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district with 2971 active cases is at top of table while Haridwar with 1506 active cases is on second spot. Udham Singh Nagar has 988, Nainital 945, Pauri 630, Uttarkashi 431, Tehri 346, Almora 295, Pithoragarh 260, Chamoli 250, Champawat 243, Rudraprayag 148 active patients of the disease. With 109 active patients of Covid-19 Bageshwar district is at bottom of the table.
