Saturday, 10 October 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
14 deaths, 704 fresh cases and 1239 recoveries on Friday
The tally of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) affected patients in Uttarakhand climbed to 54063 on Friday with the state health department reporting 704 fresh cases of the disease. The disease is continuing to take a big toll on lives as 14 deaths were reported on Friday. A total of 716 patients have so far lost their lives to the disease in the state. The authorities claimed that 1239 patients were cured on Friday. So far 45774 patients have recovered from the disease and the percentage recovery from Covid-19 stands at 84.67 percent. After many days, the Infection rate (IR) came below 7 percent and is at 6.99 percent on Friday.
Six patients of Covid-19 were reported dead at Himalayan hospital, Dehradun on Friday while four patients succumbed to the disease at Mahant Indiresh hospital on Friday. At All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, two patients were reported dead while one patient each expired at Synergy and HNB base hospital Srinagar on the day.
Out of the 1239 patients recovered on Friday, 581 alone are from Dehradun while 190 and 149 are from Haridwar and Pauri districts respectively.
The health department reported 242 fresh cases of Covid-19 from Dehradun on Friday. Similarly 73 patients from Nainital, 70 from Rudraprayag, 66 each from Pauri and Udham Singh Nagar, 50 from Haridwar, 31 from Uttarkashi, 20 each from Bageshwar and Pithoragarh, 19 from Chamoli, 18 Tehri and 17 from Almora were reported. The state now has 7289 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district with 2089 active cases is at top of table while Haridwar with 1345 active cases is on second spot. Nainital has 730, Udham Singh Nagar 559, Tehri 473, Uttarkashi 453, Pauri 405, Chamoli 282, Pithoragarh 237, Rudraprayag 233 and Champawat 229 active patients of the disease. Almora and Bageshwar districts have 127 active patients each.
