Monday, 07 June 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The downward trend in the contagion of Covid -19 in Uttarakhand is continuing. The state health department reported 446 new cases and 1580 recoveries from the disease on Sunday. With this the cumulative count of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand has increased to 3,34,024 and 3,05,239 recoveries from the disease. The authorities also reported the death of 23 patients on the day which increased the death toll to 6699 in the state. The samples of 17,568 suspected patients were sent for testing on Sunday and the sample positivity rate is at 6.74 percent. The recovery percentage from the disease in the state is 91.38 percent.
Out of the 23 deaths reported on Sunday five occurred at Government Doon Medical College Dehradun and four at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh.
The authorities also added 12 deaths in the toll which had occurred in the past but were not reported earlier. Out of them 10 such deaths were reported from Haridwar district.
The provisional state capital Dehradun reported 121, Haridwar 67, Pithoragarh 61, Tehri 54, Udham Singh Nagar 26, Nainital 25, Chamoli and Uttarkashi 23 each, Rudraprayag nine, Almora seven, Bageshwar six and Champawat four new cases of the disease on Sunday.
The state now has 16,125 active patients of the disease. Haridwar is the top position in the list of active cases with 2,544 cases. Pithoragarh has 1675, Pauri 1643, Tehri 1414, Chamoli 1406, Nainital 1395, Dehradun 1231, Udham Singh Nagar 1119, Almora 974, Champawat 597, Uttarkashi 586 and Rudraprayag 461 active cases of the disease.
The state now has 299 patients of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) and out of them 47 have died while 18 have recovered from the disease.
In the ongoing vaccination drive 31,185 people were vaccinated in 321 sessions in different parts of the state on Sunday. A total of 6,87,404 people have been fully vaccinated while 23,61,053 have received the first dose of the vaccine in the state.
