The state health department reported only 96 new cases of the disease in Uttarakhand on Saturday. The authorities also declared 86 patients cured on the day. No death from the disease was reported on Saturday.
The department has so far detected 91,223 new cases of the disease from January 1 this year till date. A total of 86,832 patients have recovered from the disease so far in this year while 261 patients have died in the state since January 1 this year. The recovery percentage of the disease was at 95.19 per cent on Saturday. The positivity rate of the disease was reported at 1.01 per cent on the day.
The health department reported 29 new patients from Dehradun, 16 from Haridwar and 12 from Pauri on Saturday. No patient was detected in Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts on the day.
The active case count of Covid-19 in the state is now at 942. Dehradun with 297 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Haridwar has 112 active cases of the disease. Bageshwar is at the bottom of the table with nine active cases. In the ongoing vaccination drive 11,457 people were vaccinated in 772 sessions in the state held on Saturday.
Weather forecast to start clearing in state from today
PNS/Dehradun
Many parts of the state experienced light to moderate rain on Saturday. However, the weather is forecast to start clearing from Sunday across the state. According to the State meteorological centre, dry weather is likely to prevail in the districts of the state on Sunday. The provisional state capital Dehradun is forecast to experience mainly clear sky with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be about 25 degrees Celsius and eight degrees Celsius respectively on Sunday. The director of the state meteorological centre, Bikram Singh said that while the state experienced light to moderate rain in various regions on Saturday the weather in most parts of the state is expected to start clearing from Sunday. The higher reaches in the inner districts of Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh may experience some activity but this too will end in the next couple of days. The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in various parts of the state on Saturday were 19.4 degrees Celsius and 10.1 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 19.8 degrees Celsius and 12.5 degrees Celsius in Pantnagar, 3.8 degrees Celsius and 2.2 degrees Celsius in Mukteshwar and 6.2 degrees Celsius and 3.6 degrees Celsius respectively in New Tehri. When it comes to the rainfall between 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM, Dehradun received 4.8 millimetres while 2.2 millimetres was received in Pantnagar, 4.1 millimetres in Mukteshwar and 4.9 millimetres in New Tehri. In the Nainital district Chorgalia received 21.5 millimetres of rain, Takula and Someshwar in Almora district received 19 millimetres and 12 millimetres of rain respectively, Kausani in Bageshwar received 14.5 millimetres while Thalisain in Pauri district received 10 millimetres of rain on Saturday.
