Monday, 17 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
5,053 recoveries, 4,496 new cases & 188 deaths reported
The death toll from the pandemic of Covid 19 is continuing to remain high in Uttarakhand even as the numbers of new cases of the disease are on decline. On Sunday the state health department reported the death of 188 patients from the disease which is the second highest number of deaths in a single day. On Saturday record 197 deaths had occured from the disease. However in what can be termed as a positive streak amid the gloom, the health department reported 5,053 recoveries from the disease which are more than the number of new cases – 4,496 reported on the day. The death toll from the disease has now mounted to 4,811 while the patient count (cumulative) has increased to 2,87,286.
A total of 1,98,530 patients have so far recovered from the disease. The recovery percentage is now at 69.11 while the sample positivity rate is 6.74.
Out of the 188 deaths reported on Sunday, 28 deaths occurred in Military Hospital (MH) Roorkee, 27 in District hospital Rudrapur, 15 at Rajiv Gandhi cricket stadium Raipur, Dehradun,15 Udham Singh Nagar, 14 each from SDH Roorkee and Sushila Tiwari government hospital Haldwani, Nainital. Similarly 13 deaths occurred at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital, 10 at HNB base hospital Srinagar, six at Kailash hospital Dehradun, four each at Medicity Rudrapur, Arogyadham hospital Dehradun and Max hospital Dehradun on the day.
The provisional state capital Dehradun reported 1248 new cases of the disease on Sunday. Haridwar reported 572, Tehri 498, Udham Singh Nagar 393, Pauri 391, Rudraprayag 356, Uttarkashi 351, Chamoli 211, Bageshwar 153, Nainital 117, Pithoragarh 100, Almora 65 and Champawat 41 new cases of the disease on Sunday.
On a positive note the count of active patients which was on an upswing from the last many days decreased on Sunday. The state now has 78,802 active patients of the disease. Dehradun continues remains at the top of the table of active cases of the disease with 26,865 patients; Haridwar has 13,629, Nainital 6,537, Pauri 6,468, Udham Singh Nagar 6,154, Tehri 5,456, Chamoli 2,430, Almora 2487, Rudraprayag 2,305, Uttarkashi 2,118, Pithoragarh 1,657, Champawat 1423 and Bageshwar 1,273 active cases of the disease. To contain the contagion of Covid-19, the state administration has set up 479 containment zones in different parts of the state.
In the ongoing vaccination drive 18,421 people were vaccinated in 282 sessions in different parts of the state on Sunday. A total of 6,80,066 people have so far been fully vaccinated in the state while 19,40,279 have been partially vaccinated.
