The Uttarakhand Government is planning to provide relaxations in the ongoing lockdown after April 20 in the districts of the State with no case of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). As of now, there are seven such districts in the State where not even a single case has been reported. Meanwhile, no new case of the disease was reported in the State by the health department on Wednesday. The State has so far reported 37 patients of the disease out of whom 9 patients have recovered and discharged from the hospitals.
The additional secretary, medical health and family welfare department, Yugal Kishore Pant, said that at present there seven districts in the state where no case of COVID-19 has been reported and some relaxations in lockdown would be given in these districts after April 20.
He added that apart from them there are five districts where 1 to 17 cases have been reported and here too some relaxation could be given after April 20. Pant said that district Dehradun with 18 cases so far is in red zone and here no relaxation from lockdown would be given . Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Champawat, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts have so far reported no case of the disease. Dehradun district with 18 patients of the disease is at top in the state while Nainital and Haridwar districts have so far reported eight and five cases respectively.
In Udham Singh Nagar four patients have so far been found while one patient each has been reported from Pauri and Almora districts.
Pant informed that sample reports of 90 suspected patients were received by the department till 5.30 pm on Wednesday and all of them were found negative for the disease.
He said that reports of 354 samples are still awaited. Pant said that the rate of sample collection in the State has gained momentum with department collecting 239 samples on Wednesday.
The authorities have so far taken swab samples of 2413 suspected patients for COVID-19 test. A total of 1,833 people are under institutional quarantine while 4672 suspected patients in hospital isolation.
The authorities have sent 53,151 people are in home quarantine in different parts of the State.
In an advisory, the State Government has asked people not to consume and spit smokeless tobacco in public. The chewing of tobacco and supari incites a strong desire to spit due to which the chances of spread of disease increase.