Thursday, 17 June 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported 353 new cases of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 398 recoveries from the disease on Wednesday in Uttarakhand.
The department also reported the death of six patients from the disease on the day. The cumulative count of patients in the state has now increased to 3,37,802 while the death toll from the disease has climbed to 6997. A total of 3,21,462 patients have so far recovered from the disease in Uttarakhand. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 95.16 and the sample positivity rate is at 6.51 percent in the state.
Out of the six deaths reported on the day, one patient each died at Mahant Indiresh hospital, Military hospital Dehradun, Himalayan hospital Dehradun, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, S K nursing home Nainital and Prasad Doon hospital. The authorities also reported the death of six patients on Wednesday which had occurred in the past but were not reported earlier.
Haridwar district reported 94, Dehradun 75, Haridwar 48, Nainital 30, Pauri 27, Pithoragarh 24, Almora, Uttarkashi and Tehri 20 each, Rudraprayag 15, Udham Singh Nagar 10, Chamoli nine, Champawat seven and Bageshwar two new cases of the disease on Wednesday.
The state now has 3,572 active patients of the disease. Haridwar district is at top of the table in the list of active cases with 520 cases while Pithoragarh is in second position with 517 active cases. Pauri and Almora have 299 each, Champawat 286, Dehradun 279, Tehri 252, Nainital 233, Chamoli 184, Rudraprayag 164 Uttarkashi 154 and Udham Singh Nagar 110 active cases of the disease.
The state reported six new cases of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) on Wednesday after which it now has 413 patients of the disease. Death of two patients from Black Fungus was also reported on the day. A total of 71 patients have so far died from this disease while 47 have recovered.
In the ongoing vaccination drive against the contagion of Covid 19 a total of 27,906 people were vaccinated in 346 sessions in different parts of the state on Wednesday. A total of 7,18,579 people have been fully vaccinated while 27,21,499 have received the first dose of the vaccine in the state so far.
