Mumbai: Uttarakhand Health Department on Wednesday informed that the COVID19 fatality rate has been increased and it stood at 1.73 per cent.
So far, from April 1 to May 17, 3,317 patients died due to COVID in 13 districts, while 1,717 patients died from March 15, 2020, to March 31, 2021.
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A total of 5,034 infected patients have died in the state, out of which 2,571 have died in Dehradun, 748 in Nainital, 532 in Haridwar and 494 in Udham Singh Nagar district, while out of the nine hilly districts, 228 alone died in Pauri Garhwal.
“There are currently about 80,000 active cases in the entire state at present of which about 16,000 active COVID-19 patients are in the rural areas of Uttarakhand, out of which 14,851 patients are undergoing treatment in home isolation,” the Health Department said.
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However, Uttarakhand has the highest Covid19 mortality rate among the Himalayan states and nationwide it ranks ninth among that with 33 deaths per lakh population, the State health department said.
Meanwhile, the state has recorded 4,785 new cases of Covid19 on Tuesday, taking the coronavirus tally to 2,95,790. The state also reported 79 deaths on Tuesday.
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