As of July 11 evening,
Punjab had recorded 195 Covid fatalities while the total number of patients in
the state was 7589. It converts into a case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.56 per cent
Nearly
every fortieth Covid patient in Punjab has succumbed to the infection. The
figure is scarier for Amritsar, where every twentieth patient died due to Covid-19 and
related complications. The numbers have forced a rethink in the Punjab government
which has now directed all its district heads to increase the efforts to save
more and more lives.
As of July 11 evening, Punjab
had recorded 195 Covid fatalities while the total number of patients in the
state was 7589. It converts into a case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.56 per cent.
Among the districts, Amritsar with 51 deaths out of total 1040 cases detected
tops the list with 4.9 per cent CFR, followed by Kapurthala with 4.7 per cent
CFR (6 deaths, 126 cases).
Information
secured from different sources reveal that in case of 40 deaths reported from
private hospitals in the past few days, patient died in less than five days of
his or her admission to the health care facility — in many cases on the day of
admission. “Patients report to hospitals for kidney, heart or sugar related
ailments, but during treatment they are tested positive and die of
co-morbidities,” said Bhaskar.
One of the reasons behind
Amritsar reporting most deaths is that the Government Medical College in the
district acts as a referral centre for patients from other districts. The GMC has a tertiary care facility available too.
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