Saturday, 11 September 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported only 20 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) and 28 recoveries from the disease on Friday. No death from the disease was reported on the day in the state. The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state is now at 3,43,187 while a total of 3,29,415 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state, 7389 people have lost their lives to Covid -19 till date. The recovery percentage from the disease is at 95.99 while the sample positivity rate on Friday was 0.10 per cent.
The state health department reported four new patients of Covid -19 from Haridwar and Chamoli, three from Almora and Champawat, two each from Bageshwar and Nainital, one each from Dehradun and Uttarkashi on Friday. No new cases of the disease were reported from the Pauri, Pithoragarh, Tehri, Rudraprayag and Udham Singh Nagar districts on the day.
The state now has 319 active cases of Covid-19. Dehradun with 155 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Pauri has 34 active cases. Tehri district has only one active case of the disease.
In the ongoing vaccination drive 67,748 people were vaccinated in 1146 sessions in the state held on Friday. As per the data of the state health department 69,52,234 people in the state have received the first dose of vaccine while 23,08,659 have received both doses of the vaccine.
