The contagion of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is continuing to spread in the State. On Friday the state health department reported 120 new cases of the disease which increased the tally of Covid-19 patients to 4102 in the State.
One patient, positive for Covid-19 was reported dead by the authorities on Friday which increased the death toll from the disease in the State to 4102.
The authorities discharged 26 patients on the day after their recovery from the disease. The doubling rate of the disease is now 27.22 days.
On the day the health department collected 3617 samples of suspected patients. A total of 8585 samples are remaining untested in different labs of the State.
The authorities reported 46 patients of Covid-19 in Udham Singh Nagar district on Friday while 38 patients were reported in Dehradun. In Nainital seven while in Pauri six patients surfaced on Friday. One patient each were reported from Almora and Champawat districts.
In Dehradun 10 patients were discharged on Friday while seven and five patients were discharged from Haridwar and Uttarkashi districts respectively.
In Almora two patients were discharged while one patient each was discharged from Champawat and Pauri districts.
A 55 year old female who had died in Udham Singh Nagar district on July 13 was found positive for the disease on Friday.
Uttarakhand now has 996 active patients of the disease. Udham Singh Nagar is at top of table in the list of Covid-19 active cases with 361 active cases of the disease. Dehradun with 227 active cases are at second position and Nainital with 182 active cases is at third spot.
Haridwar has 129, Pauri 25, Tehri 21, Champawat 17, Uttarkashi 13, Pithoragarh 12, Chamoli five and Bageshwar two active cases each of Covid-19. Almora and Rudraprayag have only one active case each of the disease and are at bottom of table of active patients.