In Amritsar, Covid Claims Every 20th Patient

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.

 A health employee takes swab samples of a women at the Civil Hospital in Amritsar 

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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