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DEHRADUN/NAINITAL: The number of Covid-19 cases in the nine hill districts of Uttarakhand has spiralled, almost doubling in the past 40 days. Equally worrying is that deaths have also shot up it is three times the figure compared to last year.
Pauri, the worst-affected hill district, recorded 5,215 cases between March 2020 and March 2021. In the period between April 1 and May 13, though, the district’s tally shot up to 12,970. Till March 31 this year, Pauri had 60 Covid-19 deaths. The number went up to 200 in the period between April 1 and May 13. Another significant spike has been in Almora where cases went up from 56 between March 2020 and March 2021. It was 1,318 between April 1 and May 13 this year. The number of deaths went up from 26 to 89 in the corresponding period.