Ahmedabad: April and May 2021 are the deadliest months for Gujarat in terms of the second wave of sustainable covid pandemic, where daily deaths reached up to 180 every day, according to data released by the state government.
Two months also recorded a very high overall death rate for the country, according to primary data compiled by the Health Management Information System (HMIS) of the Ministry of Health & Welfare of the Indian Government.
According to data, the country recorded 26,050 deaths in April and 29,690 in May.
To place the numbers in perspective, the first three months of 2021 have recorded 8,164 on average deaths.
Compared to that, April and May recorded a three-fold increase.
What’s more, the data revealed that 88% or nearly nine of every 10 deaths were recorded in country rural areas, according to HMIS figures.
Rural areas recorded 22,927 deaths in April and 26,455 in May this year.
While the report did not specify Covid-19 as a separate death category, 12,938 deaths in April and 14,904 in May were associated with unknown causes.
‘ It accounts for around 50% of the total death.
The other main causes for death in April include chronic diseases (3,500), heart disease / hypertension (2,296), and acute disease (1,546) among others.
Prof.
Chinmay Tumbe, a faculty member at IIM Ahmedabad, was taken to social media recently.
“How badly the Covid wave shocks recently in Indian countryside? Very bad.
Important instructions emerge from newly released death data through a facility-based health management information system (HMIS) …
HMIS is different from CRS because it is more rustic, has less coverage and facilities-based facilities.
Therefore, a more neater time series.
The advantages of mortality for the April-May period, relative to the initial average of 2018-19 high.
You can consider the growth of trends, use different baselines and still pass 100% for the country This country, “said his post.
When approached, Manoj Aggarwal, ACS (health & family welfare), said that he could not comment on the data until he learned it.
A senior health department official said that data was temporary and adjusting needs.
“Verified data until 2019 was uploaded, and worked in 2020 on progress said an official.
Experts show that the country has so far recorded 10,075 deaths associated with Pandemic Covid-19.
However, there may be deaths of various kinds of post-covid complications, ranging from lung collapse to heart stop and blood clotting to multi-organs failure.
‘Guj sees all causes of death up 3-fold in April-May 2021’
