Ahead of the vaccination drive of Covid-19 commencing from January 16, the intensity of the contagion of the disease is slowing down in Uttarakhand. Apart from a smaller number of new cases, the authorities are reporting more recoveries from the disease which is causing an appreciable decrease in the number of active cases of Covid-19 in the state. The state health department reported only 156 cases of the disease on Monday. The state now has 93777 patients with the disease. The department reported the death of five patients from the disease on Monday after which the death toll from the disease mounted to 1578. The authorities discharged 523 patients of the disease on Monday following their recovery. A total of 88196 patients have so far recovered from the disease. The recovery percentage has now improved to 94.05 percent and the sample positivity rate is 4.90 percent.

Four patients of the disease were reported dead from Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Dehradun on Monday. One patient was reported dead at Sushila Tiwari government hospital Haldwani on the day.

The authorities detected 56 patients of Covid-19 from Dehradun, 44 from Nainital, 15 from Haridwar,13 from Udham Singh Nagar, eight from Pauri, seven from Tehri, four from Rudraprayag, three from Champawat, two from Pithoragarh and one each from Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli and Uttarkashi on Monday. Out of the 523 patients discharged on the day, 174 belonged to Dehradun, 123 from Nainital, 78 from Haridwar and 40 from Udham Singh Nagar.

Uttarakhand now has 2753 active cases of the disease. Dehradun is at continuing to remain at top of the table of active cases with 690 cases while with 529 active cases Nainital is at second spot.

Haridwar is at third position with 333 cases, Almora has 178, Tehri 159, Bageshwar 145, Pauri 140, Udham Singh Nagar 129, Uttarkashi 114, Chamoli 106, Pithoragarh 102 and Champawat 73 active cases of the disease. With 55 active cases of Covid-19, Rudraprayag is at the bottom of the table of active cases of Covid-19.