The number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in Uttarakhand mounted to 5445 in Uttarakhand on Thursday with the state health department reporting 145 new cases of the disease.
Three patients of the disease were reported dead by the authorities on the day which increased the death toll to 60 in the state. The authorities discharged 50 patients from different hospitals of the state which increased the tally of recovered patients to 3399.
The recovery rate in the state is now at 64.42 percent and the doubling rate is 17.31 days. Death of a 63 year old male patient was reported at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh on Thursday. At Sushila Tiwari government hospital Haldwani, an 80 year old female patient succumbed to the diseases she was suffering from. One of them being Covid-19. A 50 year old female patient also died at Government Hospital Roorkee on the day.
The authorities reported 68 patients of the disease from Dehradun district. It is learnt that a former MLA belonging to the ruling party was also found positive for the disease.
Those found infected in Dehradun include four health care workers and two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel.
In Haridwar 32 patients were reported while 31 surfaced in Nainital. In Uttarkashi seven patients were reported while four and three patients were found in Tehri and Almora respectively.On Thursday 31 patients were discharged in Nainital, seven in Tehri, five in Dehradun, three in Haridwar, two in Uttarkashi and one each in Chamoli and Udham Singh Nagar districts.
Uttarakhand now has 1948 active patients of Covid-19. Haridwar with 665 active cases is on top of the table of in the list of active patients.
With 429 active cases Udham Singh Nagar is at second position. Dehradun now has 401 active cases and is in third position.
Nainital has 270 active cases of Covid-19 now while Uttarkashi has 57 and Tehri 49 active cases each. Almora has 24, Pauri 22, Pithoragarh and Champawat 15 cases each of the disease. Chamoli district has one active case now while Bageshwar and Rudraprayag have no active cases of the disease