The pandemic of Covid-19 claimed 13 more lives in Uttarakhand on Thursday. With these mortalities the death toll from the disease in the state has mounted to 542. The state health department reported 684 fresh cases of the disease on Thursday which increased the tally of the disease to 44404 in the state. On the day 1031 patients were discharged from different hospitals of the state after their recovery. A total of 32154 patients have so far recovered from the disease and the percentage recovery now stands at 72.41 percent. The state has an Infection Rate (IR) of 7.10 percent.
At All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh six patients of the disease were reported dead on Thursday. A similar number of patients succumbed to the disease at Sushila Tiwari government hospital, Haldwani. One patient died at HNB Base hospital Srinagar.
The health department reported 161 fresh cases of the disease in Dehradun. One reason for the relatively low number on the day was the fact that the lab of the Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital remained closed for disinfection activities. In Udham Singh Nagar 131 patients were reported while 114 patients surfaced in Almora district. Haridwar reported 80 fresh cases, Nainital 58, Uttarkashi 42, Pauri 32, Pithoragarh 27, Chamoli 17, Rudraprayag 14, Champawat five and Bageshwar three cases of Covid-19 were reported.
In Udham Singh Nagar 313 patients were discharged while 227 and 191 patients were discharged from Nainital and Dehradun districts respectively. Uttarakhand now has 11507 active patients of the disease with Dehradun maintaining its big lead at top of table with 4048 active cases of the disease. Haridwar is on second spot with 2055 active patients and Udham Singh Nagar on third position with 1371 active cases. Nainital has 1200, Pauri 597, Uttarkashi 422, Almora 355, Pithoragarh 317, Chamoli 316, Tehri 284, Champawat 201, Bageshwar 197 and Rudraprayag 144 active patients of the disease.