Covid-19 cases jump to 349 in U’khand

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Covid-19 cases jump to 349 in U’khand

Tuesday, 26 May 2020 | PNS | Dehradun

The number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) affected patients in Uttarakhand climbed to 349 on Monday with the state health department reporting 32 new cases of the disease. One person of Pauri district who had died on May 21 was found positive for the disease on Monday. The State has so far reported deaths of four people who were infected with the disease. On the day, the health department reported nine cases each of the disease from Nainital and Haridwar districts. Five patients of Covid-19 were found from the Udham Singh Nagar district while three were reported from Pauri district on Monday.

Two cases each of the disease were also reported from Champawat and Tehri districts. One patient was reported from Dehradun district on the day.

The positive report of the swab sample of a 48 year old man, a resident of the Pipli village of Pabo block of Pauri district who had died at his home on May 21 created panic in the district health department of Pauri.

The deceased had returned from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on May 10 and was under home quarantine. His swab sample was sent for Covid-19 test after his death. The health department has now undertaken a drive to identify the people he had came into contact after his return to the village.

The patients reported positive on Monday have a travel history from cities like Mumbai and Delhi. In Nainital eight patients reported on the day had came back from Maharashtra while one has a travel history from Delhi.

The additional secretary, state health department, Yugal Kishore Pant said reports of 613 samples were found negative for the disease on Monday.  He added that reports of 3522 samples are still awaited by the department. On Monday, a total of 1,067 samples were collected for COVID -19 testing.  The authorities have so far taken swab samples of 22117 suspected patients for COVID-19 test. Out of the total samples taken, 1.86 percent samples have been found positive for the disease.

On Monday, the rate of recovery from the COVID-19 in the state was at 16.61 percent. Incidentally the recovery rate is steadily going ever since the arrival of returning migrants started. At one time at was at healthy 67 percent. In another indication of spread of contagion in Uttarakhand, the data of the health department shows that the doubling rate of the disease now stands at 3.98 days which means that the number of patients are getting double in less than four days now. Incidentally, the doubling rate on May 11 was 45 days and after that, it has taken a plunge.  A total of 16,74,488 people have so far downloaded the ‘Aaroggya Setu App’ on their smart phones. A total of 17,450 people are in facility quarantine in different parts of the State.

Uttarakhand now has 284 active cases of the disease. The Nainital district where the returnees from virus infested Mumbai have created a sudden spike in the cases is at top of the table with 116 active cases. The provisional State Capital Dehradun and Udham Singh Nagar districts are at second spot with 41 cases each while Haridwar has 16 active cases now. In the districts of Tehri and Chamoli, 11 active cases are there. Almora and Uttarakashi districts each have nine active patients of the disease while Pauri, Bageshwar and Champawat have eight active cases each.

Pithorgarh and Rudraprayag districts have three active cases now.

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