355 deaths out of total 716 deaths in Dehradun only
Even as the union government is asking the states to focus on keeping the death rate from Covid-19 below one percent, the high death rate of provisional state capital Dehradun and Nainital districts are cause of great concern for authorities. A total of 716 patients of Covid-19 have so far lost their lives in Uttarakhand with Dehradun district contributing to almost 50 percent of total deaths. In Dehradun the authorities have so far reported 14809 cases of Covid-19 and out of which death of 355 patients has occurred. The death rate of Dehradun is at 2.35 percent while Nainital district has a death rate of 2 percent. In Nainital, 126 deaths have occurred out of 6299 patients. Haridwar has a death rate of 1.06 percent ( 107 deaths, 10120 cases) and Pauri has 0.97 percent death rate. incidentally the mountainous districts of the state have very less death rates. Chamoli district has so far reported no death from Covid-19 while Tehri Garhwal has a death rate of only 0.15 percent (four deaths, 2666 cases). Similarly Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi have death rates of 0.25 and 0.39 percent respectively.
Incidentally the death rate of Uttarakhand is at 1.32 percent and is less than the national death rate which is 1.54 percent. The founder of Social Development for Communities (SDC) foundation, Anoop Nautiyal said that the four plain districts have 75 percent of total cases of the Covid-19 of state but have 92 percent of total deaths. He said that Dehradun district alone has reported almost half of the total Covid-19 deaths in the state.
