Sunday, 09 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
After being on a record breaking spree for three consecutive days, the contagion of Covid-19 provided a bit of relief on Saturday as 8,390 new cases of the disease surfaced on the day. On Friday a record 9,642 patients of the disease were reported. The state health department also reported the death of 118 patients of the disease on Saturday.
The state now has 2,38,383 cumulative cases of the disease and a total of 3,548 deaths have so far been reported in the state. The death rate in the state is 1.49 percent which is much higher than the national average.
The authorities discharged 4,771 patients after recovery from the hospitals on Saturday. The cumulative count of recovered patients in the state has now increased to 1,58,903 The recovery rate in the state has plummeted to 66.66 percent while the sample positivity rate is 5.91 percent.
Out of the 118 deaths reported on Saturday, 24 were from Government Mela hospital Haridwar and 23 from Sushila Tiwari Government Hospital Haldwani. Ten patients were reported dead at HNB base hospital Srinagar, nine from Himalayan hospital Dehradun, eight each at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh and District Hospital Uttarkashi, six from Mahant Indiresh hospital Dehradun, four from Max hospital Dehradun, three each from Sanjivini Hospital Kashipur and Medicity hospital Rudrapur and two each at Arogyadham hospital Dehradun, Arihant hospital Dehradun, Kailash hospital Dehradun, Subharti Hospital Dehradun and Velmed hospital Dehradun.
Dehradun district which is among the worst affected districts of the country reported 3430 new cases of the disease. Udham Singh Nagar reported 1159, Haridwar 812, Nainital reported 636, Tehri 424, Champawat 322, Rudraprayag 271, Uttarkashi 266, Almora 247, Bageshwar 237, Pithoragarh 208, Pauri 203 and Chamoli 175 new cases of the disease on Saturday.
The state now has 71174 active patients of the disease. Dehradun continues to be at the top of the table of active cases of the disease with 26,710 patients, Haridwar has 11,277, Nainital 7203, Udham Singh Nagar 5,915, Pauri 4,213, Tehri 3,317, Chamoli and Champawat 2,222 each, Almora 1,833, Uttarkashi 1,6695, Bageshwar 1,555, Pithoragarh 1,520 and Rudraprayag 1,492 active cases of the disease. To contain the contagion of Covid-19, the state administration has set up 375 containment zones in different parts of the state.
In the ongoing vaccination drive 48553 people were vaccinated in 595 sessions in different parts of the state. A total of 5,78,296 people have so far been fully vaccinated in the state while 17,44,386 have been partially vaccinated.
