The contagion of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand is continuing to surge with the patient count in the state hitting the 7800 figure mark on Monday. The state health department reported four deaths and 207 new cases of the disease on the day. The authorities discharged 101 patients of the disease from different hospitals of the state on the day after their recovery from the disease. A total of 4538 patients have so far recovered from the disease. The recovery rate of Covid-19 in Uttarakhand is now at 58.18 which incidentally is less than the national average. The authorities have so far collected swab samples of 178595 suspected patients for Cpvid-19 test and out of the total samples tested 4.46 percent samples have so far been tested positive for the disease.
A 65-year-old female patient and a 35 year old male were reported dead at Sushila Tiwari Government hospital, Haldwani on Monday. Similarly a 55 year old male died at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital Dehradun. In another case of Covid-19 related mortality, a 46 year old male was reported dead at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh on the day. A total of 90 patients of Covid-19 have so far died in the state.
Haridwar continued to reel under the onslaught of the disease as the health department reported 101 patients of the disease on Monday. In Nainital 47 patients of the disease were detected on Monday by the health department while 38 patients surfaced in the provisional state capital Dehradun. Similarly six patients in Pauri, five each in Almora and Uttarkashi and two patients in Champawat were detected by the authorities. One patient each was reported from Rudraprayag, Tehri and Udham Singh Nagar districts.
In Haridwar, 85 patients were discharged from hospitals after their recovery from Covid-19 on Monday. Similarly 16 patients were discharged in Dehradun district.
To combat the disease the Government has made 17 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals and has set up 355 Covid Care Centres (CCC).
The State now has 3134 active patients of the disease with Haridwar continuing its top position in the table of active cases with 917 cases followed by Udham Singh Nagar district which has 819 active cases. Nainital is in third position with 586 active cases while Dehradun is in fourth position with 419 active patients of Covid 19. Uttarkashi has 78, Pithoragarh 72, Almora 62, Champawat 53, Bageshwar 38, Pauri 33, Tehri 29,, Chamoli 15 and Rudraprayag 13 active cases each of Covid-19.
The surge of patients has forced the administration to set up 330 containment zones to prevent the spread of the disease. The threat of the infection in Haridwar district can be gauged from the fact that the administration has set up 301 containment zones here. In Dehradun 13 such zones have been set up while Udham Singh Nagar has 11, Uttarkashi four and Champawat one such zone.