A total of 2,973 people were vaccinated in 43 vaccine sessions held in different parts of the state on Saturday. The chief operations officer (COO) of state Covid-19 control room, Dr Abhishek Tripathi said that 28791 people so far have been vaccinated in 451 vaccine sessions in the state. In Dehradun 18 vaccine sessions were held on the day in which 95 people were vaccinated. In Haridwar 59 people received vaccines while in Nainital 55 people were vaccinated.

Meanwhile, the number of patients of Covid-19 increased 96068 in the state on Saturday with the state health department reporting 82 fresh cases of the disease.

The department also reported the death of one patient from the disease which increased the death toll to 1643 in the State. The authorities discharged 167 patients from different hospitals of the state following their recovery on Saturday.

A total of 91,880 patients have recovered from the disease in the State and the recovery percentage is now at 95.64 while the sample positivity rate is 4.52 percent. One patient of Covid-19 was reported dead at Himalayan hospital Jollygrant on the day.

The health department reported 37 new patients from Dehradun, 17 from Nainital and 11 each from Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar on Saturday. In Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat and Tehri no new patients were reported on the day. The state now has only 1202 active patients of the disease. Dehradun district has 242, Nainital 224, Haridwar 169, Bageshwar 125, Udham Singh Nagar 108, Almora 99, Pithoragarh 69, Tehri 64, Pauri 30, Uttarkashi 25, Rudraprayag 23, Chamoli 15 and Champawat nine active cases of the disease.