Sunday, 18 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported only 32 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and death of one patient from the disease on Saturday.
The department also reported 66 recoveries from the disease in Uttarakhand on the day. The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state has now increased to 3,41,433 while a total of 3,27,412 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state 7356 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 95.89 and the sample positivity rate is at 5.73 per cent in the state. The authorities collected 23,795 samples in different parts of the state on Saturday.
The department reported eight new patients from Nainital, five each from Dehradun, Haridwar and Pithoragarh, two each from Udham Singh Nagar and Uttarkashi and one each from Almora, Chamoli, Pauri, Rudraprayag and Tehri on Saturday. No new cases of the disease were found from Bageshwar and Champawat districts on the day. Death of one patient of the disease was reported from Sushila Tiwari government hospital on Saturday.
The state now has only 656 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district is at top of the table in the list of active cases with 254 patients while Haridwar in the second position with 72 active cases. Pithoragarh has 45, Udham Singh Nagar 44, Champawat 39, Chamoli and Rudraprayag 35 each, Nainital 31, Pauri 30, Uttarkashi 27, Tehri 25, Almora 13 and Bageshwar six active cases of the disease.
The state reported six new cases of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) and death of four patients from the disease on Saturday. A total of 542 patients of Black Fungus have been reported till date in the state and out of them 114 have died.
In the ongoing vaccination drive, the health department vaccinated 50,417 people in 546 sessions held on Saturday.
