Four more test positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand, tally rises to 67

Four more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Saturday, taking the state's tally of positive cases to 67. The latest cases were reported from Udham Singh Nagar district, Director National Health Mission Yugal Kishore Pant said.

All of them were caught by the police while entering the district from outside the state without valid passes and kept in institutional quarantine, the official said. They are residents of Uttarakhand with a travel history to Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Haryana, Pant said.

With this, COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand have risen to 67, out of which 46 patients have been discharged after recovery, and one has died. The number of active cases in the state currently stands at 20. The rate of COVID-19 positive cases in Uttarakhand is 0.76 percent and recovery rate 69 percent which is better than the national average, Pant said, adding that average recovery time in the state is 16 days.

The fatality rate is 1.49 percent and the doubling rate stands at 38 days, he said.