The number of people affected by corona infection in the state is increasing rapidly. Along with this, the graph of active patients (admitted to hospitals) is also increasing. Within a month, active patients have doubled in the state. The infection rate has been 5.46 percent, the highest ever, based on sample investigations.
The first case of corona infection in the state was found in Dehradun on 15 March. Since then, the number of coronae infected has exceeded 21 thousand. At the same time, active patients have also exceeded six and a half thousand. On August 2, the number of active patients in the state was 3032, which has now increased to 6442.
According to the health department report, 4884 corona patients are being treated in Dehradun, Udham Singh Nagar, Haridwar, and Nainital district only. While 1558 corona patients are admitted in the other nine districts. In four plains districts, the pressure of treatment for the infected is continuously increasing.
Anoop Nautiyal, the founder of the Social Development for Community Foundation, which is studying the Corona figures, says the infection rate in the sample investigation is steadily increasing. The graph of active patients is advancing rapidly, such a situation is serious for the region.
Establishments kept closed on the death of two traders
During the treatment at Rishikesh AIIMS, two eminent merchants of the city were killed. As mourning, the traders closed their establishments in the markets. Assembly Speaker Premchand Aggarwal came to Doiwala to console the families.
The entire market of the city remained closed after the death of two prominent businessmen of Doiwala, who were suffering from Corona. Jewelry merchants resident of Dehradun Road were undergoing treatment at AIIMS for a long time. He has also held the post of BJP's former divisional president. He died during treatment. At the same time, a well-known farmer and businessman from the railway road resident area have also died in AIIMS. The death of two people created an atmosphere of mourning in the entire region.
Assembly Speaker Premchand Aggarwal mourned the arrival of the traders. The merchants of the city closed their establishments throughout the day as mourning. Chief Executive Officer of Chief Minister Dhirendra Singh Panwar, Van Panchayat Advisory Council Vice President Karan Bora, Business Circle President Ramesh Vasan, Sagar Manwal, Vikram Singh Negi, Mohit Uniyal, Rajan Goyal, Manish Dhiman, Ashwani Gupta, Ishwarchand Agarwal, Rajendra Verma, Gaurav Malhotra, etc. Mourned.