Sunday, 27 June 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The health department of Uttarakhand reported 164 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid -19) and two deaths from the disease in the state on Saturday. The authorities also reported 272 recoveries from the disease on the day. The cumulative count of patients in the state has now increased to 3,39,537 while the death toll from the disease increased to 7086. A total of 3,24,127 patients have recovered from the disease in the state. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 95.46 and the sample positivity rate is at 6.24 percent in the state.
Death of one patient each was reported from Military Hospital (MH) Roorkee, Haridwar and HNB base hospital Pauri Garhwal on the day. The department also reported one death on Saturday which had occurred in the past but was not reported earlier.
Dehradun district reported 41, Pithoragarh 40, Haridwar 21, Nainital 17, Almora and Rudraprayag seven each, Tehri six, Udham Singh Nagar and Chamoli five each, Bageshwar, Champawat and Pauri four each and Uttarkashi three new cases of the disease on the day.
The state now has 2,510 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district is at top of the table in the list of active cases with 708 cases while Haridwar is in the second position with 299 active cases. Pithoragarh has 294, Bageshwar 196, Pauri 168, Nainital 160, Almora 147, Rudraprayag 113, Chamoli 101, Champawat 95, Tehri 93, Udham Singh Nagar 86 and Uttarkashi 50 active cases of the disease.
The state reported three new cases of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) on Saturday after which it now has 486 patients of the disease. A total of 90 patients have so far died from this disease while 76 have recovered.
In the vaccination drive 70,006 people were vaccinated in 745 sessions held on the day. A total of 7,67,749 people have been fully vaccinated while 34,21,627 people have been partially vaccinated in the state.
