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3992 vaccinated in 102 sessions in state on Thursday

Sharp drop in new and active cases of Covid-19

In the ongoing vaccination drive against the contagion of Covid-19, a total of 3992 frontline workers and health care workers were vaccinated on Thursday in Uttarakhand. In the state 15196 people have been fully vaccinated as they have received both the first and second dose of the vaccine. A total of 65366 frontline workers and 80765 health care workers have received the first dose of the vaccine.

The Chief Operations Officer (COO) of state Covid-19 control room, Dr Abhishek Tripathi said 102 vaccine sessions were organised in different parts of the state on Thursday. In Dehradun 31 vaccine sessions were organised in which 936 health care workers and 169 frontline workers were vaccinated while in Haridwar 20 vaccine sessions were held in which 369 health and 491 frontline workers were vaccinated.

Meanwhile the state health department reported only 17 new cases of the disease on Thursday which increased the tally of the disease to 96837. On brighter side, no death was reported by the department on the day. The authorities discharged 52 patients from different hospitals of the state following their recovery on Thursday. A total of 93400 patients have recovered from the disease in the state so far and the recovery percentage is now at 96.45. 

The state health department reported nine new cases of the disease from Dehradun, four from Haridwar, two from Nainital and one each from Chamoli and Champawat. No new case was reported from Almora, Bageshwar, Pauri, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri, Udham Singh Nagar and Uttarkashi districts on the day.  

The state now has only 351 active patients of the disease. Haridwar district is at the top of the table of active cases of the disease with 99 patients. Dehradun has 62, Nainital 61, Pauri 28, Almora 24, Udham Singh Nagar 23, Tehri 15, Champawat 14, Chamoli 10, Uttarkashi nine, Bageshwar three, Rudraprayag two and Pithoragarh one active patient of the disease.

Friday, 26 February 2021 | PNS | Dehradun

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