In what can be termed as good news on Covid-19 pandemic front in the New Year in Uttarakhand, the weekly infection rate (IR) has come down to the lowest level in the last five and half months. The infection rate is the percentage of the tests done to that of positive cases. In the week ending January 2, the IR stood at a lowly 2.48 percent in the state.
The data released by the Social Development for Communities Foundation (SDCF) show that the week ending January 2 had 981 more recoveries than positive cases. In the week (December 27 to January 2) only 46 deaths were reported by Covid-19 in the state which are significantly lower than 68 reported a week before. The state reported the highest weekly deaths during October 11 to 17 when 190 deaths were reported. The founder of SDCF, Anoop Nautiyal said that reduced IR and deaths is a good sign. He added that the only worrying sign is that 15000 less tests were done in the week ending January 2 than the previous week.
Monday, 04 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
