The upward trend in the number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in Uttarakhand continued with the State health department reporting 69 new patients of the disease on Wednesday.
The number of patients affected by the dreaded virus in the state has now mounted to 469. Four persons infected with the Covid-19 have lost their lives so far.
On the day, a staggering 27 new patients of the disease were found in mountainous district of Tehri. In the Udham Singh Nagar district seven new patients surfaced while six patients each were reported from Almora and Haridwar districts.
In Dehradun district swab samples of four patients were found positive for the disease while three patients each were reported from Pauri, Pithoragarh and Nainital districts.
In what can be termed as silver lining amid the gloom generated by the disease, 15 patients of Covid-19 were discharged from the government medical college hospital, Haldwani after their complete recovery, 12 of the recovered patients were from Udham Singh Nagar while three were from Nainital district.
In Tehri, 26 of the reported patients on the day have recently travelled from Maharashtra.
In Rishikesh of Dehradun district, a one and half year old boy, a resident of Barrage colony was found positive on the day.
Incidentally both of his parents were infected with the disease. All the patients found positive on the day in Haridwar district have a travel history from Mumbai.
The additional secretary, state health department, Yugal Kishore Pant said reports of 670 samples were found negative for the disease on Wednesday. He added that reports of 3939 samples are still awaited by the department.
On Wednesday, a total of 1070 samples were collected for COVID -19 testing. The authorities have so far taken swab samples of 23975 suspected patients for COVID-19 test. Out of the total samples taken, 2.28 percent samples have been found positive for the disease. On Wednesday, the rate of recovery from the Covid-19 in the state was 16.84 per cent.
The doubling rate of the disease now stands at 3.99 days for the state which means that the number of Covid-19 patients is doubling in less than four days.
A total of 1708593 people have so far downloaded the Aarogya Setu App on their smart phones. Pant said that 17 percent population of the state has now the app. A total of 18893 people are in facility quarantine in different parts of the state.
Uttarakhand now has 383 active cases of the disease. Nainital district is at top of the table with 125 active cases. Tehri district which till yesterday was at fourth position jumped to second spot with 52 active cases while Dehradun is now in third position with 42 active cases and Udham Singh Nagar district has 38 active cases.
Pauri district now has 21 active cases while Pithoragarh has 20 active cases of the disease. in Almora district 18 active cases of the disease are there while Chamoli has 11 active patients. Similarly Uttarkashi has nine active cases while Bageshwar and Champawat districts have eight active cases each. Rudrapryag district has three active patients of the disease.
