Dehradun (Uttarakhand), June 2 -- : Uttarakhand has about 1,000 COVID-19 cases which is around 0.5 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh said on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference here, Singh said around one-fourth of the total infected persons have been cured and the fatality rate in the state is less than one per cent.
"In India, the fatality rate due to COVID-19 is 2.82 per cent. However, in Uttarakhand, it is less than one per cent. Doubling rate is also improving. There are 746 active COVID-19 cases in the state and seven deaths have been reported," he said.
Singh said that there are at least 14,000 beds in hospitals.
"There are 75 cities in the country which have bee...