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%).
Double mutant strain of Covid-19 present in Uttarakhand before Mahakumbh 2021
The samples which confirmed the double mutant strain was sent to the NCDC at the end of March month.
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Devotees gather to offer prayers during the third Shahi Snan of the Kumbh Mela 2021, at Har ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar (Photo | PTI)
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DEHRADUN: With the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirming detection of a total of six cases of various strains, according to doctors in Dehradun’s Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL), it is now confirmed that highly contagious double mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2 had registered its presence before the Mahakumbh 2021 started on April 1.
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DEHRADUN: Questions are being raised by activists on the methodology used by the forest department to ascertain economic loss caused by forest fires in Uttarakhand.
Consider this: The damages in the ongoing fire season are pegged at Rs 42.56 lakh for 1529.28 hectares gutted in 1,116 incidents.
The average estimate of Rs 2,904 per hectare for compensation is too less, asserted activists.
“One hectare area amounts to 10000 square meters. How can losses in such a large area be calculated with an average of Rs 2,904? The method is faulty and outdated. This needs to change. This is not only injustice to the people of Uttarakhand but also to the country,” said Anoop Nautiyal from Social Development for Communities Foundation.