Saturday, 10 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported only 65 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 184 recoveries from the disease in Uttarakhand on Friday. For the third consecutive day no death from the disease was reported on Friday.
The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state has now increased to 3,41,088 while a total of 3,26,451 patients have so far recovered from the disease. In the state 7338 people have so far lost their lives to Covid -19. The recovery percentage from the disease is now at 95.71 and the sample positivity rate is at 5.92 per cent in the state. The authorities collected 25,501 samples in different parts of the state on Friday.
The department reported 13 new patients from Dehradun, 11 from Haridwar, ten from Nainital, seven each from Udham Singh Nagar and Almora, six from Pithoragarh, four from Rudraprayag, three from Chamoli, two from Bageshwar, one each from Tehri and Uttarkashi on Friday. No new case was reported from Champawat district on the day.
The state now has 1,319 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district is at top of the table in the list of active cases with 474 cases while Nainital is in the second position with 132 active cases. Bageshwar has 105, Pithoragarh 106, Pauri 91, Chamoli 88, Champawat 75, Udham Singh Nagar 47, Rudraprayag 45, Haridwar 44, Uttarkashi 42, Tehri 36 and Almora 34 active cases of the disease.
The state reported four new cases of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) and one death from it on Friday. A total of 518 patients of the disease have so far been reported in the state out of which 104 have died.
In the ongoing vaccination drive, the health department vaccinated 32,109 people in 391 sessions held on Friday. A total of 9,81,106 people have been fully vaccinated so far in the state while 38,79,486 have received the first dose of the vaccine in the state.
