Uttarakhand recorded 361 fresh COVID infections and six virus-related deaths on New Year`s Day, the total number of cases shot up to 91,281, and the toll of the virus touched 1,515 in the state.

According to health officials, the district surveillance team of Tehri, on Saturday, will collect the samples of the primary contacts of the eight-year-old who had tested positive for the virus on Thursday after returning from the United Kingdom.

“We got to know through ASHA workers that three people of a family arrived in the district from the UK. We collected their samples. While the couple tested Covid-19 negative, their eight-year-old son was found infected. We have kept all five members of the family in isolation from each other and contact sampling will be done on Saturday. We will also test the boy’s maternal grandmother, who is around 75 of age, along with his maternal uncle, aunt, and their daughter,” said Dr Jagdish Joshi, district surveillance team, Tehri Garhwal.

He added that the couple recorded their home address in Dehradun’s Dharampur. However, they arrived at their parent’s home in the 14-Beegha area in Rishikesh that falls under Tehri Garhwal. Thus, this case will be counted from Dehradun as the patients have registered their Dharampur address.

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