Only 35 new cases reported on Wednesday in the state
A total of 5124 health workers and front line workers were given vaccination for Covid-19 on Wednesday. The authorities organised 117 vaccine sessions in the state on the day in which 4599 frontline workers and 525 health care workers were administered vaccines. The Chief Operations Officer (COO) of state Covid-19 control room, Dr Abhishek Tripathi said that a total of 90283 people have so far been vaccinated in 1664 vaccine sessions in the state.
Meanwhile the number of patients of Covid-19 increased to 96625 in the state on Wednesday with the state health department reporting 35 fresh cases of the disease. The department also reported the death of one patient from the disease which increased the death toll to 1674 in the state. The authorities discharged 110 patients from different hospitals of the state following their recovery on Wednesday. A total of 92873 patients have recovered from the disease in the state so far and the recovery percentage is now at 96.12. One patient of the disease was reported dead at Synergy hospital Dehradun on Wednesday.
The health department reported 20 new patients of Covid-19 from Dehradun, six from Nainital, five from Haridwar, two from Chamoli and one each from Tehri and Udham Singh Nagar districts on the day. No new patients of the disease were reported from Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Pauri, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts on Wednesday.
Increased recoveries and sharp decrease in the new cases of the disease has reduced the number of active patients in the state. It now has only 707 active patients of the disease. Haridwar district is at the top of the table of active cases of the disease with 123 patients. Nainital has 112, Almora 84, Dehradun 82, Bageshwar 70, Pithoragarh 60, Udham Singh Nagar 47, Pauri 30, Tehri 26, Chamoli 23, Rudraprayag 19, Uttarkashi 17 and Champawat 14 active cases of the disease.
Thursday, 11 February 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
