BackUttarakhand: Dehradun declares one area each in Doon and Rishikesh as containment zones
The Dehradun district witnessed an upward swing in coronavirus cases with 126 infections
PremiumIn view of an increasing number of Covid-19 infections, the Dehradun district administration has declared one area each in Dehradun city and Rishikesh as containment zones.
This comes as the Dehradun district reported the highest 126 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Uttarakhand witnessed an upward swing in coronavirus cases with 257 infections reported on Saturday, pushing the caseload to 99,515.
A 67-year-old patient died at a hospital in Haridwar, taking the death toll to 1,709.
Haridwar reported 73 cases, Tehri 15, Nainital 12, Udham Singh Nagar 10, Pauri five, Uttarkashi four, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag and Chamapawat three each, Almora two and Chamoli one, a bulletin from Covid Control Room said.
A leading hotel of the Taj group in Rishikesh, which had been closed for 48 hours after 16 of its staff tested positive for COVID-19 in a day on Thursday, reported 41 more positive cases in the last 24 hours.
Taj Rishikesh Resort and Spa has still not been opened for tourists.
Muni-ki-Reti SHO R K Saklani said RT-PCR tests are being conducted of tourists from outside the state at the police post at Lakshman Jhula-Tapovan Sarai and seven to eight of them are testing COVID-19 positive on an average daily.
Meanwhile, 18421 people were administered vaccine doses across the state on Saturday taking the number of people vaccinated in the state so far to 1,21,297.
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