Only 54 fresh cases of pandemic reported on Tuesday
In the ongoing vaccination drive against the contagion of Covid-19 a total of 6076 health workers and front line workers were administered vaccine jabs on Tuesday. The authorities organised 102 vaccine sessions in the state on the day in which 5711 frontline workers and 365 health care workers were administered vaccines.
The Chief Operations Officer (COO) of state Covid-19 control room, Dr Abhishek Tripathi said that a total of 85159 people have so far been vaccinated in 1547 vaccine sessions in the state. On Tuesday 23 vaccine sessions were held in Haridwar where 1222 front line workers were vaccinated. In Dehradun 602 front line workers and 81 healthcare workers were vaccinated in 14 sessions while 766 front line workers and 107 healthcare workers were vaccinated in Udham Singh Nagar district on the day. In Almora 376, Pithoragarh 537, Bageshwar 249, Uttarkashi 142 and Chamoli 375 frontline workers were administered vaccines.
The number of patients of Covid-19 increased to 96590 in the state on Tuesday with the state health department reporting 54 fresh cases of the disease. The department also reported the death of two patients from the disease which increased the death toll to 1673 in the state. The authorities discharged 67 patients from different hospitals of the state following their recovery on Tuesday. A total of 92763 patients have recovered from the pandemic in the state so far and the recovery percentage is now at 96.04.
One patient each of the disease was reported dead at Arogyadham hospital Dehradun and Max hospital, Dehradun on Tuesday.
The health department reported eighteen new patients of Covid-19 from Dehradun, seventeen from Nainital, nine from Udham Singh Nagar, seven from Champawat and three from Haridwar on Tuesday. No new patients of the disease were reported from Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Pauri, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri and Uttarkashi districts on Tuesday.
Increased recoveries and steady decrease in the new cases of the disease has reduced the number of active patients in the state. It now has only 790 active patients of the disease. Haridwar district is at the top of the table of active cases of the disease with 125 patients. Nainital has 119, Almora 97, Dehradun 93, Bageshwar 87, Udham Singh Nagar 71, Pithoragarh 70, Pauri 30, Tehri 25, Chamoli 21, Rudraprayag 20, Uttarkashi 18 and Champawat 14 active cases of the disease.
Wednesday, 10 February 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
