Highest ever single day spike of 2078 patients, 14 deaths on Saturday
The contagion of Covid-19 broke all previous records in Uttarakhand on Saturday as the state health department reported 2078 fresh cases of the disease. With this explosion in the number of cases, the tally of the disease mounted to 40085 in the state.
Deaths of 14 patients were reported on the day which increased the death toll from the disease to 478 in the state.
The authorities discharged 878 patients of the disease from different hospitals of the state on Saturday. A total of 26973 patients have so far been cured from the disease. The percentage recovery for Covid19 patients in the state is 67.29. The spurt in the number of patients has also increased the Infection Rate (IR) which now stands at 7.01 percent. The doubling rate of the disease for Uttarakhand is 20.78 days.
Ten patients of Covid-19 were reported dead on Saturday at Sushila Tiwari Government Hospital, Haldwani. Similarly two patients each succumbed to the disease at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh.
The Covid-19 count of the provisional state capital Dehradun zoomed past the 10000 figure mark on Saturday with the health department reporting 668 fresh cases of the disease. In Udham Singh Nagar 397 patients were reported while 289 and 231 patients surfaced in Haridwar and Nainital districts respectively. Similarly 146 patients were reported in Tehri Garhwal, 99 in Pauri, 67 in Uttarkashi, 54 in Chamoli, 43 in Almora, 39 in Pithoragarh and 13 each in Bageshwar and Rudraprayag.
On Saturday 325 patients were cured in Udham Singh Nagar while 201 patients were discharged in Dehradun.
Uttarakhand now has 12465 active patients of the disease with Dehradun maintaining its top position in the table with 4274 active patients of the disease. Dehradun is followed by Haridwar with 2425 active patients while Udham Singh Nagar at third position with 1482 active patients. Nainital has 1357, Pauri 644, Tehri 392, Uttarkashi 356, Pithoragarh 343, Chamoli 289, Almora 261, Bageshwar 185 and Rudraprayag 142 active patients.