The mortality and the infection of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) is continuing to increase in Uttarakhand. Death of four patients of the disease was reported by the authorities in the state on Tuesday.
So far 70 patients of the disease have succumbed to the dreaded disease in the state. The state health department reported 259 patients of Covid-19 on Tuesday which increased the tally of the disease to 6587.
On the day 45 patients of the disease were discharged from different hospitals of the state. A total of 3720 patients of the disease have so far recovered and have been discharged from the hospitals where they were admitted.
With surfacing of more cases then those who recovered from the disease, the recovery rate is taking a battering. The recovery rate in the state now stands at a lowly 56.47 per cent while the doubling rate- which indicates the time in which the cases are getting doubled- is at 24.25 days.
The health authorities have so far collected swab samples of 150065 suspected patients and out of the total samples tested 4.67 percent samples have tested positive in Uttarakhand.The State health department reported three deaths from Sushila Tiwari hospital, Haldwani on Tuesday.
Here a 57 year old male and two males of 50 years of age each died. In All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh an 80 year old male, positive for Covid-19 was reported dead. In Udham Singh Nagar district 108 patients of the disease were reported by the state health department on Tuesday. Those found positive in this district include seven healthcare workers.
In Nainital 45 patients were reported while 42 patients surfaced in Haridwar. Provisional state capital Dehradun reported 33 patients while 13 patients came up in Tehri.
In Almora 10 patients were reported while five patients in Champawat, two in Chamoli and one in Bageshwar district surfaced on the day.
In Dehradun 41 patients were discharged from hospitals on Tuesday while four were discharged in Uttarkashi district.
The state now has 2759 active patients of the disease with Haridwar district leading the table with 907 active cases followed by Udham Singh Nagar district which has 701 active cases. Nainital replaced Dehradun on third position with 447 active cases while Dehradun now has 419 active patients of Covid 19. Uttarkashi and Almora now have 66 active patients each while Tehri has 51 active cases.
Pithoragarh has 38, Champawat 31, Pauri 23 active cases of the disease. Bageshwar has four while Rudraprayag and Chamoli have three active cases each.
To prevent the infection from spreading further the authorities have now declared 318 areas as containment zones.
The Haridwar district alone has 273 containment zones, Udham Singh Nagar has 27, Dehradun 13, Uttarkashi has four and Champawat has one such zone.