The number of patients of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand jumped to 14083 on Friday with the state health department reporting 447 fresh cases of the disease.
Deaths of five patients were also reported on the day which increased the death toll to 192 in the state.
The authorities discharged 243 patients from different hospitals after their recovery on the day and the state now has a total of 9676 recovered patients which puts the recovery percentage at 68.71 percent. The doubling rate of the disease in Uttarakhand is at 25.86 days.
Three patients of the disease were reported dead at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh. Here a 60 year old male, a 55 year old male and a 45 year old male were reported dead on Friday. In Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital, a 60 year old male and 40 year old male succumbed to the disease.
The authorities reported 106 fresh cases in Udham Singh Nagar district on Friday. Similarly 101 patients were reported in Haridwar, 95 in Dehradun, 50 in Nainital, 41 in Uttarkashi, 14 in Almora, 11 in Pauri nine in Champawat, six each in Pithoragarh and Tehri, five in Chamoli, two in Bageshwar and one in Rudraprayag district were reported positive on the day.
The health department discharged 78 patients in Haridwar, 53 in Udham Singh Nagar, 30 in Dehradun, 23 in Nainital, 21 in Tehri, 13 in Bageshwar and eight patients in Rudraprayag district on Friday. Similarly five patients each were discharged in Pauri and Champawat districts on the day. Four patients in Almora, two in Chamoli and one in Uttarkashi were discharged on Friday.
The state now has 4164 active patients of the disease. Haridwar district is maintaining its top position in the table of active cases with 983 active patients.
Haridwar is followed closely by Udham Singh Nagar which now has 981 active cases. Dehradun is in third position with 791 active cases followed by Nainital with 643 cases. Uttarkashi has 177, Chamoli 92, Champawat 87, Pauri 82, Rudraprayag 54, Almora 49, Pithoragarh 48 and Bageshwar 20 active cases of the disease.