The number of novel coronavirus cases shot up to 68,887 in Uttarakhand on Tuesday with the state recording 429 fresh cases of Covid-19. The maximum of Covid-19 cases in the state was yet again reported from the Dehradun district.

Abhishek Tripathi, an officer of Covid-19 control room, said, “As many as 142 coronavirus cases were recorded in Dehradun, followed by 52 in Nainital, 36 in Rudraprayag, 35 in Pithoragarh, 31 in Uttarkashi, 23 in Pauri Garhwal, 22 in Almora, 19 in Udham Singh Nagar, 19 in Haridwar, 17 in Chamoli, 14 in Bageshwar, 12 in Tehri Garhwal, and eight in Champawat.

The official added, “The health department collected 11,162 fresh samples for testing on Tuesday. The Covid-19 test results of as many as 15,049 samples were awaited till Tuesday.” According to the health department, Uttarakhand also recorded deaths of three Covid-19 patients on Tuesday, taking the toll of the virus to 1,119 in the state.

Besides new cases and deaths, 440 people recovered from the Covid-19 infection on Tuesday. With this, the total number of cured cases shot up to 62,995 in the state.

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