Saturday, 04 September 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported 36 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and nine recoveries from the disease on Friday. No death from the disease was reported on the day. The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state is now at 3,43,070 while a total of 3,29,221 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state, 7387 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is at 95.96 while the sample positivity rate on Friday was 0.22 per cent.
The state health department reported 15 new patients of Covid -19 from Chamoli, 14 from Dehradun, six from Pauri and one from Bageshwar district on Friday. No new cases of the disease were reported from the remaining nine districts on the day.
The state now has 410 active cases of Covid-19. Dehradun with 151 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Pauri has 70 active cases. Tehri district is at the bottom of the table with only two active cases of the disease. In the ongoing vaccination drive 88,544 people were vaccinated in 1190 sessions in the state held on Friday.
