COVID-19 pandemic in Uttarakhand

The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China. Slowly, the pandemic spread to various states and union territories including the state of Uttarakhand. The first case was recorded in this region on 15 March.[1]

COVID-19 pandemic in Uttarakhand
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Uttarakhand, India
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Dehradun
Arrival date	15 March 2020 (5 months)[1]
Confirmed cases	2,402 (22 June 2020)
Active cases	860
Recovered	1,521 (22 June 2020)
Deaths	21 (12 June 2020)
Fatality rate	0.87%
Government website
health.uk.gov.in

As on 24 May, the total number of confirmed cases in Uttarakhand was 244, including 188 active cases, 55 recoveries, and one death.[2] As of 5 June, this number has risen to 1,153 cases, of which 842 are active, and there have been 297 recoveries and 10 deaths.[3]

Timeline of Events

COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand, India  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Last 15 days Last 15 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-15		​	1(n.a.)
2020-03-16		​	1(=)
2020-03-17		​	1(=)
2020-03-18		​	1(=)
2020-03-19		​	3(+200%)
2020-03-20		​	3(=)
2020-03-21		​	3(=)
2020-03-22		​	3(=)
2020-03-23		​	4(+33%)
2020-03-24		​	4(=)
2020-03-25		​	5(+25%)
2020-03-26		​	5(=)
2020-03-27		​	5(=)
2020-03-28		​	6(+20%)
2020-03-29		​ ​	7(+17%)
2020-03-30		​ ​	7(=)
2020-03-31		​ ​	7(=)
2020-04-01		​ ​	7(=)
2020-04-02		​ ​	10(+43%)
2020-04-03		​ ​	16(+60%)
2020-04-04		​ ​	22(+38%)
2020-04-05		​ ​	26(+18%)
2020-04-06		​ ​	31(+19%)
2020-04-07		​ ​	31(=)
2020-04-08		​ ​	35(+13%)
2020-04-09		​ ​	35(=)
2020-04-10		​ ​	35(=)
2020-04-11		​ ​	35(=)
2020-04-12		​ ​	35(=)
2020-04-13		​ ​	35(=)
2020-04-14		​ ​	37(+5.7%)
2020-04-15		​ ​	37(=)
2020-04-16		​ ​	37(=)
2020-04-17		​ ​	40(+8.1%)
2020-04-18		​ ​	42(+5%)
2020-04-19		​ ​	44(+4.8%)
2020-04-20		​ ​	46(+4.5%)
2020-04-21		​ ​	46(=)
2020-04-22		​ ​	46(=)
2020-04-23		​ ​	47(+2.2%)
2020-04-24		​ ​	48(+2.1%)
2020-04-25		​ ​	48(=)
2020-04-26		​ ​	50(+4.2%)
2020-04-27		​ ​	51(+2%)
2020-04-28		​ ​	52(+2%)
2020-04-29		​ ​	55(+5.8%)
2020-04-30		​ ​	57(+3.6%)
2020-05-01		​ ​ ​	57(=)	1(n.a.)
2020-05-02		​ ​ ​	59(+3.5%)	1(=)
2020-05-03		​ ​ ​	60(+1.7%)	1(=)
2020-05-04		​ ​ ​	60(=)	1(=)
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	61(+1.7%)	1(=)
2020-05-06		​ ​ ​	61(=)	1(=)
2020-05-07		​ ​ ​	61(=)	1(=)
2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	61(=)	1(=)
2020-05-09		​ ​ ​	67(+9.8%)	1(=)
2020-05-10		​ ​ ​	68(+1.5%)	1(=)
2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	68(=)	1(=)
2020-05-12		​ ​ ​	68(=)	1(=)
2020-05-13		​ ​ ​	70(+2.9%)	1(=)
2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	75(+7.1%)	1(=)
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	79(+5.3%)	1(=)
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	88(+11%)	1(=)
2020-05-17		​ ​ ​	92(+4.5%)	1(=)
2020-05-18		​ ​ ​	93(+1.1%)	1(=)
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	104(+12%)	1(=)
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	120(+15%)	1(=)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	132(+10%)	1(=)
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	151(+14%)	1(=)
2020-05-23		​ ​ ​	173(+15%)	2(+100%)
2020-05-24		​ ​ ​	298(+72%)	3(+50%)
2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	332(+11%)	4(+33%)
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	400(+20%)	4(=)
2020-05-27		​ ​ ​	469(+17%)	4(=)
2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	493(+5.1%)	4(=)
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	716(+45%)	5(+25%)
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	749(+4.6%)	5(=)
2020-05-31		​ ​ ​	907(+21%)	5(=)
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	929(+2.4%)	5(=)
2020-06-02		​ ​ ​	1,043(+12%)	7(+40%)
2020-06-03		​ ​ ​	1,066(+2.2%)	8(+14%)
2020-06-04		​ ​ ​	1,145(+7.4%)	10(+25%)
2020-06-05		​ ​ ​	1,215(+6.1%)	11(+10%)
2020-06-06		​ ​ ​	1,303(+7.2%)	11(=)
2020-06-07		​ ​ ​	1,355(+4%)	13(+18%)
2020-06-08		​ ​ ​	1,411(+4.1%)	13(=)
2020-06-09		​ ​ ​	1,537(+8.9%)	13(=)
2020-06-10		​ ​ ​	1,562(+1.6%)	15(+15%)
2020-06-11		​ ​ ​	1,637(+4.8%)	15(=)
2020-06-12		​ ​ ​	1,724(+5.3%)	21(+40%)
Source: Daily health bulletin form Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand.[4]

March 2020

15 March: The first case was reported in March, in Dehradun when an Indian Forest Service official returned from Spain.[5]

19 March: 2 more IFS trainees tested positive.[6]

May 2020

• As on 7 May, total number of cases in Uttarakhand is 72, including 46 active cases 1 death and 25 recoveries.[2]

June 2020

• On 2 June 2020, total number of cases in Uttarakhand crossed 1000 mark.[7]
• As on 7 June, total number of cases in Uttarakhand was 1350, including 809 active cases 13 deaths and 528 recoveries.[2]
• As on 11 June, total number of cases in was 1692, including 771 active cases 19 deaths and 895 cures.[2]
• As on 29 June, total number of cases in Uttarakhand was 2809, including 662 active cases 39 deaths and 2108 recoveries.[2]

July 2020

• As on 9 July, total number of cases in Uttarakhand was 3258, including 534 active cases 46 deaths and 2650 cures.[2]
• As on 15 July, total number of cases in Uttarakhand was 3785, including 754 active cases 50 deaths and 2948 recoveries.[2]
• As on 18 July, total number of cases is 4241, including 1108 active cases 52 deaths and 3081 recoveries.[2]
• As on 29 July, total number of cases is 6866, including 2983 active cases 72 deaths and 3811 recoveries.[2]

August 2020

• As on 3 August, total number of cases in Uttarakhand was 7762, including 3134 active cases, 90 deaths and 4538 cures.[2]
• On 11 August 2020, total number of cases in Uttarakhand crossed 10000 mark.[8]
• As on 12 August, total number of cases in Uttarakhand was 10887. This includes 4020 active cases, 140 deaths and 6687 cures.[2]

State Government Response

The Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand has released guidelines on Covid-19 on their website.[9]

The state has also formed a committee of experts to improve its responses to the spike in COVID-19 patients in the state.[10]

Containment

On 24 March, the Uttarakhand Police sealed the hotel where IFS officials were staying.[11] The Kanwar Yatra has been cancelled in view of the pandemic.[12] As of 8 June, there are 55 containment centres in the state.[13]

Screening and Contact Tracing

On June 14, the state government stated that it would screen the entire population of Uttarakhand in the next ten days.[14]

As of 8 June, 6,294 contact traces of 1,380 COVID-19 patients has been done in the state.[13] 1,30,000 people are reportedly in quarantine, of which most are in-home quarantine.[13]

Public Health Services

24 March: State government takes control of all private hospitals which have more than 100 beds and reserved 25% of these for COVID-19 patients.[11]

The government has also approved Rs 578.34 lakh for an oxygen supply pipeline in the district and sub-district hospitals.[15]

According to the Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand Utpal Kumar Singh, there are 20,000 COVID-19 beds of which 243 are with ICU, and only 126 with ventilators.[13] It has been proposed that 150 ventilators are to be added.[16] However, the Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun has been declared a 'Centre of excellence for clinical management of COVID-19' in the state.[17] On 25 May, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat had announced Rs 50 lakh for every hospital dealing with COVID-19 in the state.[18]

Shortages

See also: Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Primary Health Centres and Community Health Centres are experience a huge shortages of safety gear (PPE equipment) for health professionals.[19] ASHA workers and other health professionals at the frontline too have to spend money from their pocket to buy sanitisers, gloves and masks.[19] There is a dearth of staff and other medical professionals across urban and rural health care centres in the state.[19]

Post-response

In view of the controversy[20] around people opposing the last rites of individuals deceased because of COVID-19, the Governor of Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya has asked the state government to find a solution. The Chief Minister has stated that the cremation of individuals is being carried out under the guidelines of the Union Government, and that officials have been directed to open electric crematoriums in Haldwani and Haridwar, apart from Dehradun.[21]

The state government has decided to audit every death related to the pandemic.[21]

Statistics and Testing

District wise details

COVID-19 pandemic in Uttrakhand by Districts
No.	District	Confirmed cases	Recovered cases	Death	Total Active Cases
1	Dehradun	607	387	16	204
2	Tehri Garhwal	377	263	0	114
3	Nainital	368	268	3	97
4	Haridwar	288	148	0	140
5	Udham Singh Nagar	152	96	2	54
6	Almora	149	75	2	72
7	Pauri Garhwal	109	50	3	56
8	Chamoli	63	42	0	21
9	Pithoragarh	64	27	0	37
10	Bageshwar	59	46	0	13
11	Rudraprayag	60	39	0	21
12	Uttarkashi	57	26	0	31
13	Champawat	48	44	1	3
	Total	2401	1511	27	863
This is Table Source.[22] As of 23 June 2020

Summary of test results

Samples collected	10792
Positive	70
Negative
Awaited
% of positive	1
Confirmed per million	7
Tests per million	1,070
As of 13 May 2020[23]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in India
• COVID-19 pandemic

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