In Haryana, 28% Covid victims had no serious health issues, shows data

Bhartesh Singh Thakur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 21

The percentage of Covid patients having no comorbidities, who died in Haryana since April 1, rose from 11.9 to 27.7. In some districts like Bhiwani, Jhajjar and Sirsa, the percentage was more than 50.

As per the official data, since the outbreak of the pandemic till March 31 this year, 375 people died in the state who didn’t have any comorbidities, while there were 2,780 victims who had comorbidities. The share of victims with no serious health issues was 11.9 per cent.

From April 1 till May 20 this year, 4,050 patients died in the state. Of them, 1,121 (27.7 per cent) didn’t have comorbidities.

“We will analyse the data. In most cases, patients are reporting late at hospitals. Sometimes they are not even aware of their comorbidities,” said Dr Sapna Gahlawat, CMO, Bhiwani.

Dr Dhruv Chaudhary, state nodal officer for Covid, said, “Comorbidities are usually present in the older population. This time, the younger population was affected the most by mutant variants.”