Dehradun: A COVID-19 cluster has come to light from Uttarakhand after 93 students of Government Nursing college at Sursingh Dhar tested positive for Coronavirus. The hostel of the college has been declared a containment zone, news agency ANI reported.
Meanwhile, the state government has ordered the closure of all offices in the state for three days from April 23 in view of rising COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand. The directions will not be applicable to offices dealing with essential services.
A record single-day rise of 5,084 fresh coronavirus cases and 81 fatalities in Uttarakhand pushed the infection tally to 1,47,433 and the death toll to 2,102, the state COVID control room here said.
These are the highest fatalities and cases reported in Uttarakhand in a day ever since the outbreak of the pandemic in the state last year.
Dehradun district recorded the highest number of 1,736 COVID-19 cases, Haridwar 958, Nainital 592, Udham Singh Nagar 378, Champawat 321, Pauri 301, Uttarkashi 215, Tehri 190, Pithoragarh 123, Almora 117, Chamoli 90, Rudraprayag 53, and Bageshwar 10, it said.
There are 33,330 active COVID cases in the state and 1,08,916 patients have recovered from the infection so far.