The tally of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in Uttarakhand mounted to 40,963 on Sunday with the state health department reporting 878 fresh cases of the disease. Deaths of 13 patients were also reported due to the Covid-19 on Sunday after which the death toll from the disease mounted to 491.

The authorities discharged 855 patients of the disease from different hospitals of the state after their recovery on the day. A total of 27,828 patients have so far recovered from the disease and the recovery percentage in the state is 67.93. The infection rate (IR) in the state has increased to 7.03 percent.

Six patients of Covid-19 were reported dead at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh on Sunday while a similar number of patients succumbed to the disease at Sushila Tiwari Government hospital, Haldwani. One person was reported dead at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital on the day.

Dehradun continues to get hit hard by the infection with the health department reporting 408 fresh cases of the disease on Sunday. Similarly 176 and 55 patients were found in Haridwar and Pauri respectively. Tehri reported 48, Uttarkashi 44, Pithoragarh 31, Almora 17, Chamoli 14, Rudraprayag 13, Champawat and Udham Singh Nagar 11 each and Bageshwar two fresh cases on Sunday.

Out of the 855 patients discharged on Sunday, 429 are from Dehradun, 153 from Udham Singh Nagar, 125 from Haridwar and 62 from Tehri.

Uttarakhand now has 12455 active patients of the disease with Dehradun maintaining its top position in the table with 4247 active patients of the disease. Dehradun is followed by Haridwar with 2474 active patients while Nainital is at third position with 1453 active patients.  Udham Singh Nagar has 1333,  Pauri 692, Uttarkashi 391, Tehri 376, Pithoragarh 374, Chamoli 299, Almora 265, Bageshwar 178 and Rudraprayag 148 active patients of Covid-19.

To prevent spread of the disease, the administration has created 503 containment zones in different parts of the state.