Maharashtra government`s medical emergency bike ambulance service received nearly 561 calls for cardiac or heart-related cases in 2021, compared to just 158 and 141 cases in 2020 and 2019 respectively. This implies that there was about a 255 per cent increase in cardiovascular cases in 2021 when compared to the previous year.

As per the Mumbai data, shared by the Maharashtra Emergency Medical Service (MEMS), on an average 10 cardiac cases were reported per week in the city in 2021.