68 new cases reported in U’khand, total 1,153

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68 new cases reported in U’khand, total 1,153

Friday, 05 June 2020 | PNS | Dehradun

With 68 new patients, the number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) affected patients in Uttarakhand jumped to 1153 on Thursday. On the day, two Covid-19 patients admitted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh died which increased the death toll to 10 in the state. The health authorities discharged 16 patients from the hospitals after their recovery from the disease.

On Thursday, 36 patients were reported from Dehradun district while 10 patients each were reported from Nainital and Tehri districts. Four patients were reported from Pauri while three were found in Champawat district. Two patients surfaced in Bageshwar while one patient each was found in Almora, Uttarkashi and Udham Singh Nagar districts.  

The Sabji Mandi connection in spread of Covid-19 in Dehradun is continuing to scare people. On Thursday 21 patients having contact histories with the earlier reported patients from Sabji Mandi were reported. After it the state administration has decided to close the Mandi.

The additional secretary, state health department, Yugal Kishore Pant said that reports of 702 samples were found negative for the disease on Thursday. He added that reports of 6920 samples are still awaited by the department.  On Thursday, a total of 571 samples were collected for Covid-19 testing.  The authorities have so far taken swab samples of 35117 suspected patients for Covid-19 test.  Out of the total samples taken, 4.19 percent samples have been found positive for the

disease. 

The doubling rate of disease in the state is 9.16 days while the recovery percent in the state is now at 24.63. A total of 33942 persons are in kept in the institutional quarantine by the state health department.

 Uttarakhand now has 843 active cases of the disease. Dehradun with 260 active cases is maintaining its position at top of table of Covid-19 positive active patients. 

Nainital district is at second position 181 active cases. The Tehri district is at third spot with 96 active cases while Haridwar has 73 active patients of the disease. Almora district now has 46 active cases while Udham Singh Nagar has 38 active patients.

Pauri and Pithoragarh districts have 32 and 27 active cases respectively while Champawat district has 28 active cases. Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts have 25 and 15 active cases of the disease respectively.

Bageshwar has 13 active cases while Rudraprayag district has eight active patients of the disease.

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