200 patients found on Wednesday
The fear expressed by the experts about the second spurt in the number of Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand is proving to be correct. After reporting more than 100 cases in the last two days, the state health department reported 200 cases of the disease on Wednesday which has set alarm bells ringing in the Himalayan state. The state had recorded 226 cases of the disease on January 16. The state now has 98880 cumulative patients of the disease. Death of no patient was reported by the department on the day. The disease has so far claimed 1706 lives in the state. The authorities discharged 49 patients from different hospitals of the state following their recovery on Wednesday. A total of 94634 patients have recovered from the disease in the state so far and the recovery percentage is now at 95.71 and the sample positivity rate is 3.70 percent.
The state health department reported 71 new cases of the disease from Haridwar, 63 from Dehradun, 22 from Nainital, 14 from Udham Singh Nagar, eight each from Pauri, Rudraprayag and Tehri, five from Pithoragarh and one from Almora district on the day.
No new cases of the disease were reported from Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat and Uttarkashi districts on Wednesday. The state now has 1112 active patients of the disease. Haridwar district is at the top of the table of active cases of the disease with 421 patients, Dehradun has 305, Udham Singh Nagar 104, Nainital 100, Pauri 43, Tehri 35, Almora 26, Rudraprayag and Champawat 17 each, Uttarkashi 13, Chamoli and Pithoragarh 12 each and Bageshwar seven active patients of the disease.
Meanwhile in the ongoing vaccination drive, 17642 people were vaccinated in different parts of the state on Wednesday. In the state 117660 people have been fully vaccinated so far as they have received both the first and second dose of the vaccine. A total of 254226 senior citizens (60 Plus) have received the first dose of the vaccine in the state. Similarly 17023 persons in the age group of 45-59 years having co-morbidity have been vaccinated.
The Chief Operations Officer (COO) of state Covid-19 control room, Dr Abhishek Tripathi said that 284 vaccine sessions were organised in different parts of the state Wednesday. In Dehradun 69 vaccine sessions were organised in which 2905 senior citizens, 194 people with co-morbidity, 329 healthcare workers and 405 frontline workers were vaccinated on Monday.
Similarly 2764 senior citizens, 259 persons with co-morbidity, 60 health care workers and 610 front line workers were vaccinated in eight vaccine sessions in Haridwar district on the day.
Thursday, 25 March 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
