The total number of COVID cases reached 68,458 in Uttarakhand with 243 fresh pandemic cases surfacing on Monday. Also, nine more coronavirus-related deaths were reported from the state on the day, pushing the Covid-19 toll to 1,116.

Abhishek Tripathi, an official of Covid-19 control room, informed that the maximum of 107 cases of coronavirus was reported from Dehradun, followed by 24 from Nainital, 21 from Pauri, 18 from Haridwar, 15 from Almora, 14 from Udham Singh Nagar, 12 from Chamoli, nine from Champawat, seven cases each from Bageshwar and Tehri, six from Rudraprayag, two from Uttarkashi, and one from Pithoragarh.

“Among the nine deaths reported on Monday, four were recorded in Haldwani, two in Dehradun, and one each in Rudraprayag, Srinagar (Pauri), and Bahadrabad (Haridwar),” added Tripathi.

Apart from the new cases and deaths, 441 patients recovered from the Covid-19 infection on Monday, taking the total number of cured cases to 62,555 in the Himalyan state. With this, the recovery rate reached 91.3% in Uttarakhand.

Meanwhile, officials revealed that as many as 843 patients were provided with the 108 emergency ambulance service during Diwali festivities from November 12 to November 14. “The 108 ambulance service helped 299 women in reaching hospitals for delivery and other pregnancy-related complications. As many as 114 accidents victims were driven to hospitals from the day of Dhanteras to that of Diwali. Similarly, 25 heart attack patients were also helped in reaching hospitals by the emergency ambulance service of the state. The service also helped 17 people with burn injuries in reaching hospital on time,” said Anil Sharma, general manager (projects), 108 emergency ambulance service. The official added that the ambulance service also carried 338 victims of random medical complications to hospitals during the same period.

“The emergency ambulance service could work so effectively as we had prepared an extensive plan for the festival. All the ambulances were put on high alert across the state and the employees were asked to be prompt in dealing with any emergency. In order to avoid getting stuck in a jam, the drivers shared the information about road congestion from the technical call centre in the state capital,” added Sharma.

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