The provisional capital of Uttarakhand, Dehradun is on the way of becoming Corona capital of the state with 24 cases of the disease so far. On Monday, two more cases of novel Coronairus (COVID-19) were reported by the health department in the state and both of them were from Dehradun. Both these patients are from Bhagat Singh Colony and are said to be the followers of now infamous Tablighi Jamat. This colony is sealed from last many days as many cases in the city are from this area. With these two cases, the number of patients in the state has increased to 46.

On a positive note amid the gloom generated by spread of the disease in the state, seven patients of the disease were discharged from the hospitals on Monday after they recovered completely from the disease. Three patients were discharged from Udham Singh Nagar on the day which leaves the district with only one positive case of the disease. Similarly two patients each were discharged from Dehradun and Nainital districts. Interestingly 11 patients have so far recovered from the disease in Dehradun but the district still has 13 active cases. Nainital on the other hand has seven active patients of the disease.

The additional secretary medical health and family welfare department Yugal Kishore Pant said that reports of 111 suspected patients were received by the department on Monday till 6 pm and out of them two were found positive while 109 were found negative for the disease.

 He said that reports of 469 samples are still awaited by the department. The authorities have so far taken swab samples of 3677 suspected patients for COVID-19 test.  On Monday, samples of 333 suspected patients were taken and sent to the lab for test.

 In Haridwar samples of 146 suspected patients were taken while 69 and 58 samples were collected from Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts respectively.  A total of 2002 people are under institutional quarantine while 567 suspected patients are in hospital isolation in the state.  The authorities have kept 63903 people under home quarantine in different parts of the state.

In Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital, 12 positive patients of COVID-19 are currently admitted while eight are undergoing treatment at government medical college, Haldwani.

Seven patients are admitted in Mela hospital, Haridwar and one Military Hospital (MH), Dehradun.