The recent surge in the cases of Covid-19 in Uttarakhand has brought the recovery rate down. On July 10 the recovery rate was 81 percent which now has come down to 73.65 per cent. Incidentally the mountainous districts have much better recovery rates than that of plain districts.
Almora district has the best recovery rate in the State. Here 98 per cent (198 out of 203 cases) have recovered so far. Bageshwar and Rudraprayag districts have 97 percent of recovery rate while Tehri Garhwal district has a recovery rate of 95 percent. Here 424 out of 447 patients have recovered from Covid-19. Chamoli district has a recovery rate of 94 percent while the recovery rate of Pauri is 86 per cent.
Pithoragarh has 84 percent, Uttarkashi 81 percent and Champawat 75 per cent recovery rate. The provisional State capital Dehradun which has reported the highest (961) number of cases of the disease has a recovery rate of 74 percent. Here 711 patients have recovered so far. Haridwar has 72 per cent recovery rate while Nainital district has a recovery rate of 71 per cent.
Udham Singh Nagar district which has emerged as a new hot spot of the disease has a very poor recovery rate of 49 per cent. Here only 306 patients out of 625 reported so far have recovered from the disease.