For second consecutive day on Friday, no new case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) was found in Uttarakhand. The health department had reported four patients of the disease on Wednesday and after that no case has been reported till 5 pm on Friday.
Addressing media persons on Friday, the additional secretary, medical health and family welfare department, Yugal Kishore Pant said that that reports of 101 suspected patients of the disease were received by the department till 5 pm on Friday and all of them were found negative for the disease. He said that reports of 333 samples are still awaited. Pant added that a total of 1688 swab samples of suspected patients have so far been taken for COVID-19 test.
On Friday, samples of 157 suspected patients was taken and sent to the lab for test. Pant informed that 3770 people under institutional quarantine and 263 suspected patients in hospital isolation. The figure of institutional quarantined people witnessed a considerable increase in last 24 hours, he quipped. A total of 40413 people are in home quarantine in different parts of the state.
The Additional Chief Executive Officer (ACEO) of Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA), Ridhim Agarwal said that 1500 Jamaat followers who had attended the religious congregations have been identified.
“We have also found 500 people who had come into contact with Jamaat followers and quarantined them. We have also informed other state administrations about the residents of Uttarakhand who are Jamat followers and are at present in these states,’’ she said.
Aggarwal said that six cases against seven Jamaat followers have been registered so far under section 307 (attempt to murder) for remaining hiding despite many warnings. Five such Jamatis are under institutional quarantine while two are absconding.
The ACEO of USDMA informed that there are a total 2.25 lakh registered construction workers in the state and out of them an amount of Rs 1000 per account has been transferred to 1.65 lakh workers so far. She added that Almora district has achieved 100 percent result in this respect.