187 new cases reported in the state on Friday
The upward swing in the number of patients of Covid-19 is continuing in Uttarakhand. The state health department reported 187 new cases of the disease on Friday following which the cumulative number of the patients of the disease in the state increased to 99258.
The department also reported the death of one patient of the disease on the day. The disease has so far claimed 1708 lives in the state. The authorities discharged 161 patients from different hospitals of the state following their recovery on Friday. A total of 94916 patients have recovered from the disease in the state so far and the recovery percentage is now at 95.63 and the sample positivity rate is 3.69 percent.
The authorities reported 65 new cases of the disease from Dehradun, 58 from Haridwar, 18 from Tehri, 14 from Nainital, eight from Tehri, five from Udham Singh Nagar, seven from Udham Singh Nagar, six from Uttarkashi, five each from Almora and Pauri, four from Chamoli, three from Rudraprayag and one from Bageshwar on Friday. No new patient of the disease was reported from Champawat district on the day.
The health department reported the death of an 81 year old female patient at Himalayan hospital Jollygrant Dehradun on the day.
The state now has 1162 active patients of the disease. Haridwar district is at the top of the table of active cases the disease with 385 patients, Dehradun has 378, Nainital 107, Tehri 60, Pauri 51, Udham Singh Nagar 49, Almora 34, Rudraprayag 22, Uttarkashi 19, Chamoli 18, Champawat 17, Pithoragarh 13 and Bageshwar nine active patients of the disease.
Meanwhile in the ongoing vaccination drive, 24330 people were vaccinated in different parts of the state on Friday. In the state 120401 people have been fully vaccinated so far as they have received both the first and second dose of the vaccine. A total of 296048 senior citizens (60 Plus) have received the first dose of the vaccine in the state. Similarly 21068 persons in the age group of 45-59 years having co-morbidity have been vaccinated. The Chief Operations Officer (COO) of state Covid-19 control room, Dr Abhishek Tripathi said that 510 vaccine sessions were organised in different parts of the state on Friday.
In Dehradun 104 vaccine sessions were organised in which 3409 senior citizens, 227 people with co-morbidity, 278 healthcare workers and 269 frontline workers were vaccinated on Friday. Similarly 2812 senior citizens, 281 persons with co-morbidity, 47 health care workers and 717 front line workers were vaccinated in 115 vaccine sessions in Haridwar district on the day.
Saturday, 27 March 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
