Wednesday, 16 June 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
274 new cases, 18 deaths & 515 recoveries reported on Tuesday
The recovery percentage from the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand mounted to 95.14 percent on Tuesday with the state health department reporting 274 new cases of the disease and 515 recoveries from it. The department also reported the death of 18 patients from the disease on the day. The cumulative count of patients in the state has now increased to 3,37,499 while the death toll from the disease has climbed to 6985. A total of 3,21,064 patients have so far recovered from the disease in Uttarakhand. The sample positivity rate is now at 6.53 percent in the state. The health department took samples of 24,309 patients on the day for Covid -19 testing.
Out of the 18 deaths reported on the day, three patients each died at Mahant Indiresh hospital and Military hospital Dehradun. Death of two patients each was reported from District Hospital Gopeshwar, Chamoli and Base hospital Kotdwar, Pauri. The authorities also reported the death of nine patients on Tuesday which had occurred in the past but were not reported earlier. Five of these backlog deaths were reported from Haridwar district.
The provisional state capital Dehradun reported 56, Haridwar 48, Nainital and Uttarkashi 26 each, Almora 24, Pithoragarh 18, Udham Singh Nagar 17,Tehri 16, Bageshwar 12, Champawat 10, Chamoli and Rudraprayag seven each and Pauri six new cases of the disease on Tuesday.
The state now has 3,642 active patients of the disease. Pithoragarh district is at top of the table in the list of active cases now with 572 cases while Haridwar is in second position with 487 active cases. Pauri has 394, Almora 300, Champawat 279, Tehri 254, Nainital 226,Dehradun 223, Chamoli 201, Rudraprayag 161 Uttarkashi 153 and Udham Singh Nagar 119 active cases of the disease.
The state reported seven new cases of Mucormycosis (Black fungus) on Tuesday after which it now has 407 patients of the disease. Death of two patients from Black Fungus was also reported on the day. A total of 69 patients have so far died from this disease while 45 have recovered.
In the ongoing vaccination drive against the contagion of Covid 19 a total of 45,572 people were vaccinated in 427 sessions in different parts of the state on Tuesday. A total of 7,13,270 people have been fully vaccinated while 26,98,902 have received the first dose of the vaccine in the state so far.
