Thursday, 23 September 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported 23 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 16 recoveries from the disease in Uttarakhand on Wednesday. Death of no patient was reported from the disease on the day. The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state is now at 3,43,428 while a total of 3,29,695 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state, 7391 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is at 96 while the sample positivity rate on Wednesday was 0.13 per cent.
The state health department reported six new patients of Covid -19 from Dehradun, four each from Pauri and Pithoragarh, three from Uttarkashi, two from Chamoli and one each from Haridwar and Tehri on Wednesday. No new cases of the disease were reported from Almora, Bageshwar, Rudraprayag and Udham Singh Nagar districts on the day.
The state now has 256 active cases of Covid-19. Dehradun with 126 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Pauri has 30 active cases. Tehri has only one active case of the disease now. In the ongoing vaccination drive 58,241 people were vaccinated in 953 sessions in the state held on Wednesday. As per the data of the state health department 72,77,865 people in the state have received the first dose of vaccine while 28,76,500 have received both doses of the vaccine.
