In the ongoing vaccination drive a total of 5024 beneficiaries were vaccinated in 117 sessions on Tuesday. Apart from them 2908 health care workers received the second dose of the vaccine. The Chief Operations Officer (COO) of state Covid-19 control room, Dr Abhishek Tripathi said that a total of 124420 beneficiaries have received the first dose of the vaccine so far in the state.
A total of 3304 front line workers and 117 health care workers were vaccinated in 117 sessions held in the state on Tuesday. In Haridwar 26 vaccine sessions were held on the day in which 591 frontline workers and 159 health workers were vaccinated while 1239 frontline workers were vaccinated in Dehradun in 24 sessions. In Udham Singh Nagar, 123 frontline workers were vaccinated in 12 sessions while in Nainital 416 frontline workers were vaccinated in 15 sessions.
Meanwhile the number of patients of Covid-19 increased to 96920 in the state on Tuesday with the state health department reporting 53 fresh cases of the disease. The department also reported the death of two patients from the disease which increased the death toll to 1682 in the state. The authorities discharged 96 patients from different hospitals of the state following their recovery on Tuesday. A total of 93526 patients have recovered from the disease in the state so far and the recovery percentage is now at 96.22. One patient each of the disease was reported dead at Kailash Hospital Dehradun and Max hospital Dehradun on Tuesday.
The state health department reported 21 new cases of the disease from Dehradun, 11 from Nainital, eight from Haridwar, seven from Udham Singh Nagar, three from Pithoragarh, two from Pauri and one from Rudraprayag on Tuesday. In Almora, Bageshwar Chamoli, Champawat, Tehri and Uttarkashi districts no new case of the disease was reported on the day.
The state now has only 564 active patients of the disease. Haridwar district is at the top of the table of active cases of the disease with 140 patients. Nainital has 100, Almora 73, Udham Singh Nagar 49, Dehradun 45, Pauri 33, Chamoli and Tehri 24 each, Pithoragarh 23, Bageshwar 21, Champawat 16, Uttarkashi 13 and Rudraprayag three active cases of the disease.
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
