The forward march of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand is continuing unabatedly. On Wednesday the State health department reported 439 fresh cases of the disease which increased the patient count in the state to 10886. Four patients of the disease were reported dead on the day which took the death toll to 140.

 The authorities discharged 217 patients from different hospitals after their recovery on Wednesday. The state now has a total of 6687 recovered patients which puts the recovery percentage at 61.43 per cent. The doubling rate of the disease in Uttarakhand is at 22.72 days. All the four deaths reported on Wednesday were from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh. Here a 75 year old male, a 72 year old male, 60 year old male and a 35 year old female were reported dead.  On the day 139 patients were reported in Haridwar, 119 in Udham Singh Nagar, 82 in Dehradun, 28 in Nainital, 21 in Chamoli, 17 in Tehri, 12 in Champawat, seven in Pithoragarh, five in Pauri and three each in Almora, Rudraprayag and Bageshwar districts.The authorities discharged 72 patients in Udham Singh Nagar, 46 in Haridwar, 23 in Almora, 21 in Tehri, 20 in Nainital, 17 in Dehradun, 11 in Rudraprayag, five in Pauri and one each in Uttarkashi and Chamoli districts on Wednesday.

The State now has 4020 active patients of the disease with Haridwar at top of the table of active cases with 1194 cases. Udham Singh Nagar is at second place with 1101 active cases of the disease.

Nainital is in third position with 603 active cases while Dehradun is in fourth position with 475 active patients of Covid 19. Uttarkashi has 145, Tehri 110, Pithoragarh 96, Champawat 77, Pauri 70,  Chamoli 62, Almora 46, Bageshwar 21 and Rudraprayag 20 active cases of Covid-19.