The Uttarakhand authorities on Thursday suspended the ‘Char Dham Yatra’ within the wake of rising Covid-19 instances throughout the state. “Conducting the yatra amid the raging pandemic is not possible. Only priests of the four temples at Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri will perform rituals and puja,” Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat mentioned whereas asserting the choice.
This comes after Uttarakhand recorded the best single-day spike of 6,054 Covid-19 instances on Wednesday, taking the cumulative tally to 1,68,616, whereas 108 deaths pushed the toll to 2,417. There are 45,383 energetic Covid-19 instances within the state, whereas 1,17,221 have recovered, a state well being division bulletin.

Speaking about measures which can be being taken to comprise the pandemic, Rawat added, “We are conducting as many tests as possible. I would like to urge people to always wear masks whenever they step out.”
When requested relating to the dying fee that has spiked in the previous few weeks, he mentioned, “We are surrounded by Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh from where critical patients often travel to Uttarakhand for treatment. As such, it becomes difficult for us to save them. Hence, people should get tested as soon as they feel any symptoms so as to avoid severities.”

The nation has additionally been witnessing an unprecedented rise in coronavirus instances, recording 3.79 lakh new Covid-19 instances within the final 24 hours, its sharpest spike because the starting pandemic. With this the full caseload rose to 1.8 crore. Meanwhile, with 3,645 deaths, the dying toll surged to 2.04 lakh.