In the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand, ninety two more people tested positive for it on Saturday taking the state's coronavirus tally to 244 while one woman infected with it died at AIIMS Rishikesh.
Nainital reported the highest number of 55 cases and the rest of the cases were reported from Dehradun, Haridwar, Rudraprayag, Pauri Garhwal, Almora, Champawat, Pithoragarh and Uttarkashi, a state health department bulletin said.
A majority of the cases had a travel history to Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Rajasthan, it said.
With migrants returning home in large numbers, there has been a sudden rise in the number of cases being reported daily in Uttarakhand.
Meanwhile, another COVID-19 patient died at AIIMS, Rishikesh late on Friday night with authorities attributing her death to respiratory failure/ carcinoma oesophagus and not to the coronavirus
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