Over 50% of Covid deaths during peak of 2nd wave

Over 50% of Covid-19 deaths in India happened during the peak of the second wave between April and June.The reconciled data of deaths, compiled by the ministry of health and family welfare, shows that 235,986 persons died of Covid-19 from April to June this year. The total death toll of India is 418,480. The fatalities in the three months account for 56% of the total deaths in India since the Covid outbreak. The death toll had peaked in May when 120,770 persons lost their lives to Covid-19. The toll was 45,862 in April and 69,354 in June. Government statistics show that the highest number of deaths during the peak of the second wave was from Maharashtra at 67,382, followed by Karnataka at 22,388, Tamil Nadu at 19,806 and Delhi at 13,955. Even though the number of deaths has been declining, the death ratio (number of deaths as a proportion of number of Covid-19 cases) has not gone down. In fact, India’s death ratio has been steadily increasing since May. In the week from May 10 to May 16, India’s death ratio was 1.05%. It increased to 1.1% in the May 17-23 week and then to 1.17% in May 24-31 week. The death ratio is at an all-time high of 1.34% as of Wednesday. Niti Aayog member (health) VK Paul has attributed it to the time lag of 14-21 days between reporting of a Covid case and the death of a patient. Another major factor contributing to the death ratio increase is a number of state governments reconciling their death figures after coming out of the overwhelming second wave. The district-wise death numbers are being reconciled after audits. Bihar added 3,951 to its tally in June. Maharashtra has reconciled its death tally 14 times, including on Wednesday when it added 3,509 fatalities. Madhya Pradesh had also reconciled the death data by adding 1,478 deaths on July 13.

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