The infection of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is showing no signs of slowing down in Uttarakhand.
The tally of the patients of the disease mounted to 46,281 on Saturday with the state health department reporting 949 fresh cases of the disease.
The department also reported the death of 11 patients that were suffering from Covid-19 infection on Saturday which increased the overall death toll to 566 in the State.
The recovery aspect is continuing on a positive note and on Saturday 1,007 patients of the disease were reported cured. A total of 34,649 patients have so far recovered from the disease in the state and the recovery rate now stands at 74.87 percent. However the Infection Rate (IR) continues to remain high at 7.17 percent. The doubling rate of the disease is 30.07 days.
Five patients of the disease were reported dead at the Max hospital Dehradun on Saturday.
Similarly three Covid-19 patients succumbed to the disease at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh. Two patients died at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital and one at Sushila Tiwari Government hospital Haldwani on Saturday.
The authorities reported 295 patients of the disease in Dehradun on Saturday. Similarly 178 patients in Haridwar, 92 in Almora, 80 in Pauri Garhwal, 63 in Udham Singh Nagar, 59 in Uttarkashi, 48 in Pithoragarh, 37 in Champawat, 15 in Chamoli, 12 in Tehri, three in Rudraprayag and two patients in Bageshwar were reported.
Out of 1,007 patients discharged on Saturday, 389 are from Dehradun, 204 from Haridwar, 165 from Udham Singh Nagar, 62 from Nainital, 47 from Uttarkashi, 37 from Pithoragarh, 31 from Pauri, 21 from Bageshwar, 20 from Champawat, 14 Almora, six each from Tehri and Chamoli and five from Rudraprayag.
Uttarakhand now has 10856 active patients of the disease with Dehradun maintaining its lead at top of table with 3,550 active cases of the disease. Haridwar is on second spot with 1,937 active patients and Nainital on third position with 1,275 active cases. Udham Singh Nagar has 1001, Pauri 732, Almora 468, Uttarkashi 419, Chamoli 356, Pithoragarh 314, Tehri 290, Champawat 248, Rudraprayag 153 and Bageshwar 113 active patients of the disease.