Two days after it reported 110 new patients of the Covid-19 after two months, the state health department reported 99 new cases of the disease on Friday. The state now has a cumulative tally of 98,228 patients of the disease. The authorities discharged 69 patients of the disease from different hospitals on the day following their recovery from the disease. A total of 94,380 patients have so far recovered from the disease in the state. The recovery percentage from the disease now stands at 96.08 and the sample positivity rate is 3.79 percent. Death of no patient was reported to the health department on the day. In the state 1,704 patients have succumbed to the disease.
The health department reported 29 new patients of the disease in Dehradun, 28 from Nainital, 23 from Haridwar, 10 from Udham Singh Nagar, three from Pauri, two each from Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi and one each from Almora and Chamoli districts on Friday. No new patients were reported from Bageshwar, Champawat and Tehri on the day. The state now has 728 active patients of Covid-19 with Haridwar at top of the table with 248 cases. Dehradun has 178, Nainital 109, Udham Singh Nagar 68, Pauri 36, Almora 23, Champawat 16, Tehri 15, Uttarkashi 12, Rudraprayag nine, Bageshwar six and Chamoli and Pithoragarh four each active cases of the disease. Meanwhile 30435 people were vaccinated in 470 vaccine sessions on Friday. A total of 107364 people have so far fully vaccinated in the state while 187985 senior citizens (age 60 and above) have received the first shot of the vaccine. In the state 10,733 persons of age 45 to 69 years with co morbidity have got the first dose of the vaccine. In Haridwar district 134 vaccine sessions were held on Friday in which 2012 senior citizens (60 year and above), 390 persons with co-morbidity, 446 health care workers and 1,680 frontline workers were vaccinated. In Dehradun 4,873 senior citizens, 145 persons with co-morbidity, 742 health care workers and 1188 frontline workers were vaccinated in 95 vaccine sessions on the day.
Saturday, 20 March 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
