Tuesday, 13 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported 51 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and death of two patients from the disease in Uttarakhand on Monday. The department also reported recovery of 205 patients from the disease on the day.
The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state has now increased to 3,41,230 while a total of 3,26,968 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state 7341 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 95.82 and the sample positivity rate is at 5.85 per cent in the state. The authorities collected 23,269 samples in different parts of the state on Monday.
The department reported 15 new patients from Dehradun, 11 from Nainital, seven each from Uttarkashi and Haridwar, three from Bageshwar, two each from Champawat, Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar and one each from Chamoli and Pauri on Monday. No new cases of the disease were found in Almora, Tehri and Rudraprayag districts on the day.
The state now has only 932 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district is at top of the table in the list of active cases with 306 cases while Nainital is in the second position with 123 active cases. Chamoli has 86, Pithoragarh 67, Haridwar 59, Udham Singh Nagar 52, Rudraprayag 50, Pauri 44, Uttarkashi 40, Tehri 35, Champawat 34 and Almora and Bageshwar 18 active cases each of the disease.
One patient each of Covid-19 was reported dead at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh on Monday.
The state reported only three new cases of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) and deaths of two patients from the disease on Monday. A total of 526 patients of the disease have so far been reported in the state out of which 106 have died.
In the ongoing vaccination drive, the health department vaccinated 24,361 people in 346 sessions held on Monday. A total of 9,99,959 people have been fully vaccinated so far in the state while 39,27,757 have received the first dose of the vaccine in the state.
