783 fresh cases, six deaths reported on Wednesday
The festival season, the crowded markets and flaying of social distancing norms is getting reflected in the number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the state. The number of the cases which were on the lower side of 500 a day from the last many days jumped to 783 on Wednesday. After October 4, the highest number of Covid positive cases in a single day were reported on Wednesday. The tally of the disease has now climbed to 66788 in the state. The state health department also reported the death of six patients on the day from the disease which increased the death toll to 1086 in the state. The state health department also discharged 471 patients of the disease after their recovery from different hospitals on the day. A total of 60900 patients have so far recovered from the disease in the state. The recovery percentage of the disease is now at 91.18 and the sample positivity rate is 5.84 percent in the state now.
Five patients of the disease were reported dead at HNB Base hospital Srinagar on Wednesday. One patient of Covid-19 was reported dead at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh. Out of the 471 patients discharged on the day, 85 were from Udham Singh Nagar, 63 from Dehradun and 56 from Champawat.
The authorities reported 227 fresh cases from Dehradun, 108 from Pauri, 73 from Chamoli, 61 from Rudraprayag, 55 each from Tehri and Haridwar, 53 from Pithoragarh, 37 from Udham Singh Nagar, 18 from Almora, nine from Bageshwar and seven from Champawat on Wednesday.
Uttarakhand now has 4251 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district with 1025 active cases is at top of table while with 573 active cases Pauri district is on second position. Haridwar has 484, Nainital 337, Chamoli 328, Tehri 266, Rudraprayag 219, Pithoragarh 231, Udham Singh Nagar 214, Uttarkashi 199, Almora 167 and Bageshwar 125 active cases of the disease. With 83 active cases of Covid-19, Champawat is now at the bottom of the table.
Thursday, 12 November 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
