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DEHRADUN/NAINITAL: The number of Covid-19 cases in the nine hill districts of Uttarakhand has spiralled, almost doubling in the past 40 days. Equally worrying is that deaths have also shot up it is three times the figure compared to last year.
Pauri, the worst-affected hill district, recorded 5,215 cases between March 2020 and March 2021. In the period between April 1 and May 13, though, the district’s tally shot up to 12,970. Till March 31 this year, Pauri had 60 Covid-19 deaths. The number went up to 200 in the period between April 1 and May 13. Another significant spike has been in Almora where cases went up from 56 between March 2020 and March 2021. It was 1,318 between April 1 and May 13 this year. The number of deaths went up from 26 to 89 in the corresponding period.
DEHRADUN: Among all 13 districts of Uttrakhand Haridwar has risen to the status of an enigma.
Data from the Uttarakhand state health department reveals that despite the highest number of tests conducted in the last week, the positivity rate of the district for Covid-19 remains the lowest in the state.
Between the duration of April 23-29, a total of 1,44,664 tests was conducted out of which 7584 samples were found positive for Covid-19 with a positivity rate of 5.2%.
The highest positivity rate in this duration was recorded in Nainital district with 25.2% followed by Dehradun (21.6%), Tehri (21%), Udham Singh Nagar (20.7%), Uttarkashi (19.5%), Chamoli (19.2%), Pauri (18.6%), Champawat (17.8%), Almora (14.6%), Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag with (13.8%) each and Bageshwar (10.1%).