Monday, 30 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The state health department reported only 16 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) while seven patients were reported recovered from the disease in Uttarakhand on Sunday. No death from the disease was reported in the state on the day.
The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state is now at 3,42,920 while a total of 3,29,143 patients have recovered from the disease so far. In the state, 7380 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 Sunday was 0.10 per cent.
The state health department reported seven new patients of Covid -19 from Nainital, three from three from Dehradun, two each from Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar and one each from Almora and Rudraprayag on Sunday. No new cases were reported from remaining seven dietricts on the day.
The state now has 335 active cases of Covid-19. Dehradun with 123 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Pauri has 37 active cases.
In the ongoing vaccination drive 79,938 people were vaccinated in 791 sessions in the state on Sunday.
U’khand doing 60% less tests
Though the number of new cases of Covid 19 cases in Uttarakhand have reduced substantially, a big drop in the number of tests for the disease remains a cause for concern. The data shows that in the week ending July 28, only 1,06756 samples were tested for Covid. The tests have shown a big drop in last few weeks. In the week corresponding to July 25 to 31, a total of 1,83,310 tests were carried out which have now reduced to only 1,06,756. It is worth mentioning here that the state government has given a target of 40,000 tests a day to the health department which means it should do at least 2,80000 tests in a week. At about 1 lakh tests a week, the department is doing 60 per cent less tests in a week.
