Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has recorded the highest mortal mortality in a decade by 2021 with 25,000 more registered deaths from the previous year, an increase in many health officials associated the impact of the second Covid-19 wave, which is fully the state of the government has officially reluctant to admit.
According to the civil registration data from the government department itself, the country recorded 2.69 lakh deaths in 2021, a 10% increase from natural multiple mortality by 2020.
Health officials related to Covid management said the unprecedented increase in all mortality was driven by the Delta variant during the second wave.
“There has been no significant change in other causes of death in 2021.
The second wave of Covid can be a factor in the dominance for a steep increase.
Even when we see 2019 and 2021, the difference is around 5,000, which is far less.
From what we have expected , “said an official.
The civil registration system does not include 309 panceshayats and mortality rates will rise further if they are also added.
Vital statistics documents were released for each year by the Department of Economics and Statistics showed a difference of 3,000-6,000 deaths in the case of cumulative figures.
Except for three districts – Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod – the number of deaths rose from the previous year in all districts in 2021, with differences ranging from 1,000 to almost 5,000.
Ernakulam recorded the highest increase – 4,870 deaths – while it was 4,000 and more in Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Kozhikode.
A technical paper carried by the Ministry of Health has shown that naturally mortality has dropped in Kerala during the initial phase of the pandemic.
According to him, there was a reduction of 11.1% in the number of absolute deaths in 2020 compared to 2019, with registration of vital events.