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Uttarakhand: Two persons including one with travel history to Gurugram test positive for Covid-19
This is the first Covid-19 positive case to be reported from Dehradun since May 8. The doubling rate in the past seven days in the Dehradun district reduced to 84.89 from 167.38 days.
Dehradun: Two persons, including one with recent travel history from Gurugram in Haryana, tested coronavirus disease (Covid-19) positive in Uttarakhand, as the overall tally in the hill state rose to 71.
A 27-year-old tested Covid-19 positive in the hilly district of Almora in Kumaon, while a 52-year-old woman from Dehradun in Garhwal was also found to be infected with SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease.
“One new positive case of Covid-19 was detected in the Almora district. The sample tested positive at Viral Research and Diagnostic Lab in Haldwani. As per recent travel history, the 27-year-old male patient came from Gurugram to Ranikhet,” said the health bulletin released by the state government on Wednesday evening.
This is the second Covid-19 positive case reported from Almora district since April 4.
Earlier on Wednesday, a 52-year-old woman from Dehradun tested Covid-19 positive at the Doon Medical College. This is the first Covid-19 positive case to be reported from Dehradun since May 8. The doubling rate in the past seven days in the Dehradun district reduced to 84.89 from 167.38 days. So far, the district has reported 36 Covid-19 positive cases, and 26 patients have recovered.
On Tuesday, a 23-year-old girl, who had recently returned from Gurugram to Haldwani in the Nainital district, had tested Covid-19 positive. This was the first Covid-19 positive case in the Nainital district since April 24.
Uttarakhand has tested 10,792 swab samples to date and the maximum number of tests has been conducted in Dehradun, Nainital, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts in the hill state.
