Wednesday, 18 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported 31 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 41 recoveries from the disease in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. Death of one patient of the disease was reported in the state on that day.
The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state is now at 3,42,637 while a total of 3,28,885 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state 7373 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is at 95.99 while the sample positivity rate on Tuesday was 0.16 per cent.
The state health department reported seven new patients of Covid -19 each from Bageshwar, four each from Chamoli and Dehradun, three each from Uttarkashi and Almora, two each from Champawat, Pauri, Rudraprayag and Udham Singh Nagar and one each from Nainital and Pithoragarh districts on Tuesday. No new patient was found in the Tehri district on the day.
The state now has 330 active cases of Covid-19. Dehradun with 115 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Chamoli has 45 active cases. Almora has seven and Tehri has only two active cases respectively.
The state reported no new case of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) on Tuesday. A total of 574 patients of the disease have so far been reported. In the ongoing vaccination drive 1,19,493 people were vaccinated in 914 sessions in different parts of the state on Tuesday.
