In an alarming development the state health department reported 505 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) on Wednesday. This is the highest single day figure in the state in the last seven months. On June 9 last year the health department had reported 513 cases of the disease.
The cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in the state is now at 3,46,468 while a total of 3,31,628 patients have recovered from the disease so far. A total of 7420 people have died in the state so far. The recovery percentage from the disease is at 95.72 per cent while the sample positivity rate on Wednesday was 02.74 per cent.
The state health department reported a staggering 253 new patients from Dehradun, 64 from Haridwar, 60 from Pauri, 55 from Nainital, 37 from Udham Singh Nagar, nine from Bageshwar, six from Pithoragarh, five each from Tehri, Almora and Chamoli, three from Champawat, two from Uttarkashi and one from Uttarkashi on Wednesday.
The state now has 1000 active cases of Covid-19. Dehradun with 511 cases is at the top of the table of active cases while Nainital has 203 active cases of the disease. In the ongoing vaccination drive 96,321 people were vaccinated in 1322 sessions in the state held on Wednesday.