The surge in the number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) affected patients is continuing unabatedly. On Monday the state health department reported 127 cases of the disease which increased the number of Covid-19 patients in the state to 4642.
Three patients of the disease were reported dead by the health department on Monday which increased the death toll of the disease to 55 in the state. The authorities discharged 96 patients of Covid-19 after their recovery from the disease on Monday.
A total of 3212 patients have so far been discharged so far in the state. Uttarakhand now has a recovery percentage of 69.12. The authorities have so far collected swab samples of 123000 people and out of them 9400 samples are pending to be tested in different laboratories of the state.
In All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, a 58 year old male, positive for the disease died on Monday. In this hospital, a 35 year old male who was positive for the disease also died. In Haldwani, a 63 year old female Covid-19 patient died at Sushila Tiwari hospital on Monday.
In Haridwar 95 new patients were reported on Monday while nine patients were found in Nainital district. Seven patients each were found in Uttarkashi and Dehradun district while three patients were reported in Almora district.Incidentally 501 out of 1210 cases reported in the last ten days have been reported through contact tracing.
In the last ten days 201 out of total 295 cases reported in Haridwar are from contact tracing similarly 133 out of 302 cases in Dehradun during the same period are from contact tracing of earlier cases.
On the day 51 patients were discharged in Nainital district similarly 30 patients in Dehradun and seven in Tehri and two in Pauri were discharged on the day. One patient each was discharged in Chamoli, Udham Singh Nagar and Uttarkashi district.
Uttarakhand now has 1338 active patients of Covid-19. Sudden spurt in the cases of the disease brought Haridwar to number one position in the table in the list of active patients on Monday. It now has 389 cases of the disease.
With 379 active cases Udham Singh Nagar is now at second position. Dehradun now has 265 active cases and is in third position. Nainital has 183 active cases of Covid-19 now. Pauri and Uttarkashi have 27 cases each of the disease while Tehri has 22 active cases. Champawat and Pithoragarh now have 15 active patients each. Almora has 12 and Chamoli four active cases of the disease. Bageshwar and Rudraprayag have no active cases of the disease.