Tuesday, 18 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported 3,719 new cases of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand on Monday which increased the cumulative count of patients to 2,91,005. The department also reported the death of 136 patients from the disease. A total of 5,186 patients have so far died from the disease in the state. The authorities also discharged 3,647 patients from different hospitals on the day after their recovery on Monday. The recovery percentage now stands at 9.48 while the sample positivity rate is 6.78 percent.
Out of the 136 deaths reported on Monday, 18 deaths occurred in Sushila Tiwari government hospital Haldwani, 16 each at Base hospital Bhupatwala, Haridwar and Himalayan hospital Dehradun, 12 each at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh and Arogyadham hospital Dehradun and 11 at Mahant Indiresh hospital Dehradun on the day. Similarly nine patients succumbed to death at L D Bhatt hospital Rudrapur and seven each at Military Hospital (MH) Dehradun and District hospital Rudrapur.
The provisional state capital Dehradun reported 752 new cases of the disease on Monday. Haridwar reported 464, Chamoli 449, Udham Singh Nagar 410, Tehri 299, Uttarkashi 229, Rudraprayag 226, Pauri 205, Almora 200, Pithoragarh 180, Champawat 153, Nainital 106 and Bageshwar 46 new cases of the disease on Monday.
The state now has 78,608 active patients of the disease. Dehradun continues remains at the top of the table of active cases of the disease with 26,373 patients; Haridwar has 13,547, Pauri 6618, Udham Singh Nagar 6356, Nainital 6,051, Tehri 5,738, Chamoli 2,278, Almora 2524, Rudraprayag 2,362, Uttarkashi 2,179, Pithoragarh 1,728, Champawat 1566 and Bageshwar 1,288 active cases of the disease. To contain the contagion of Covid-19, the state administration has set up 518 containment zones in different parts of the state.
In the ongoing vaccination drive 28,214 people were vaccinated in 383 sessions in different parts of the state on Monday. A total of 6,80,191 people have so far been fully vaccinated in the state while 19,68,368 have been partially vaccinated.
