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Around 1,000 children below 9 years of age contracted coronavirus infection in Uttarakhand in the last ten days, informed the state health department. Some of the children have been admitted to hospitals for treatment.
Uttarakhand: 1,000 children under 9 years of age test positive for COVID-19 in last 10 days
According to the Health Department, only 2,131 children contracted COVID last year, while 264 children tested positive from April 1 to April 15. , File Photo
Updated: May 16, 2021, 07:02 PM IST
Around 1,000 children below 9 years of age contracted coronavirus infection in Uttarakhand in the last ten days, informed the state health department. Some of the children have been admitted to hospitals for treatment.
According to the Health Department, only 2,131 children contracted the infection in the last year, while 264 children tested positive from April 1 to April 15. 1,053 cases reported from April 16-April 30, and 1,618 from May 1-May 14.
Nine hill districts in Uttarakhand have registered more Covid-19 deaths in May this year alone compared to the whole period from March 15, 2020 to April 30, 2021.