Tuesday, 17 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported only 18 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 54 recoveries from the disease in Uttarakhand on Monday. Death of one patient of the disease was reported in the state on the day.
The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state is now at 3,42,606 while a total of 3,28,844 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state 7371 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is at 95.98 while the sample positivity rate on Friday was 0.10 per cent.
The state health department reported four new patients of Covid -19 each from Dehradun, three from Bageshwar, two each from Chamoli, Nainital and Uttarkashi and one each from Almora, Haridwar, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag and Udham Singh Nagar on Monday.
No new patient was found in Champawat, Pauri and Tehri districts on the day.
The state now has 342 active cases of Covid-19. Dehradun with 127 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Chamoli has 41 active cases. Almora and Tehri have only four and two active cases respectively.
The state reported no new case of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) on Monday. A total of 574 patients of the disease have so far been reported. In the ongoing vaccination drive 85,733 people were vaccinated in 784 sessions in different parts of the state on Monday.
