The state health department reported 224 new cases of Covid -19 from different parts of the state on Sunday. Death of no patient from the disease was also reported on the day.
The authorities also declared 224 patients cured from the disease on the day. The department has so far detected 97,852 new cases of the disease from January 1 this year till date. A total of 92,441 patients have recovered from the disease so far in this year. The recovery percentage of the disease was at 95.47 per cent on sunday while the sample positivity rate was at 15.57.
The health department reported 173 new patients from Dehradun, 18 from Uttarkashi, eight from Nainital, six from Haridwar, four each from Almora, Pauri and Udham Singh Nagar, three from Tehri, two from Champawat and one each from Chamoli and Rudraprayag on Sunday. No new cases were reported from Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts on the day.
The number of active patients of Covid-19 increased to 1645 on Sunday. Dehradun with 1022 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Nainital has 232 active cases of the disease.
Bhatt attends various events a day after assuming charge as BJP State chief
Monday, 01 August 2022 | PNS | Dehradun
The newly appointed State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Mahendra Bhatt attended various events in Dehradun on Sunday. Bhatt along with the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami listened to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat at the CM residence along with other party workers. He also visited the BJP State office and interacted with the party workers.
A day after assuming charge as the BJP State president, Bhatt first visited the party’s State office and interacted with the party workers. He later visited the CM residence to listen to PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat programme. He exhorted the party workers to unite and make necessary effort to ensure complete success of the Har Ghar Tiranga programme of the Central government. Along with Dhami, the BJP State president then attended an event in cabinet minister Prem Chand Agrawal’s Doiwala residence. He again visited the party’s State office to interact with party workers and office bearers. He shared his organisational experiences and thanked them all for making the effort to meet him despite the inclement weather.