Friday, 16 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported 55 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 62 recoveries from the disease in Uttarakhand on Thursday. Death of one patient from Covid-19 was reported on the day by the department.
The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state has now increased to 3,41,362 while a total of 3,27,314 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state 7354 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 95.88 and the sample positivity rate is at 5.78 per cent in the state. The authorities collected 23,940 samples in different parts of the state on Thursday.
The department reported 17 new patients from Dehradun, 12 from Haridwar, six from Uttarkashi, five each from Pithoragarh and Rudraprayag, four from Udham Singh Nagar, three from Tehri and one each from Bageshwar, Chamoli and Pauri on Thursday. No new cases of the disease were found from Nainital and Almora districts on the day. Death of one patient of the disease was reported at HNB base hospital Srinagar on Thursday.
The state now has only 692 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district is at top of the table in the list of active cases with 272 cases while Haridwar in the second position with 72 active cases. Pauri has 47, Chamoli 43, Tehri 30, Champawat 37, Uttarkashi and Nainital 28 each, Almora 13 and Bageshwar only three active cases of the disease.
The state reported no new cases of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) on Thursday. However three patients were reported dead from the disease on the day.
In the ongoing vaccination drive, the health department vaccinated 63,385 people in 535 sessions held on Thursday. A total of 10,94,257 people have been fully vaccinated so far in the state while 39,87,778 have received the first dose of the vaccine in the state.
