After two days of stagnation, on Monday, the number of Covid deaths has again crossed the hundred mark across the state. On Monday, 128 people died across the state, while 5403 new cases have also been reported. According to the Health Bulletin, on May 3, maximum 17 deaths have been reported in Dehradun district. With this, the number of people who have lost the battle against Covid so far has reached 2930. At the same time the death rate has also increased to 1.49 percent.
Here, 5403 new cases have been reported in the state on Monday. Out of this, 2026 cases have come from Dehradun. The state also now has an infection rate of 5.08 percent. 8941 people were vaccinated in the state today. Dehradun had the highest number of 2434 vaccines. Apart from this, the number of vaccinations in any other district has not reached four digits today. Rudraprayag district did not have a single vaccine session on Monday. On Monday, a total of 38174 samples have been sent from across the state for testing.
282 Containment Zone in the state
Health Secretary Amit Negi said that now the number of active cases in the state has reached close to 55 thousand. Therefore, the government has extended the scope of Covid curfew to break the Covid chain. Simultaneously, emphasis is being laid on testing, contact tracing, isolation and vaccine. He informed that the Containment Zone in the state has also increased to 282. B