In Sirmaur, May saw most fatalities in 2021

Ambika Sharma
Tribune News Service
Solan, June 16

The second wave proved to be the most fatal for the bordering district of Sirmaur, where the death rate registered a seven-fold increase to 208 from last year’s number of 30.

An analysis of the data reveals that 52 deaths had occurred within 12 hours of being hospitalised, 31 deaths had taken place within 24 hours, 17 within five days and 12 within four days. The remaining deaths occurred within a span of six to 35 days.

“As many as 30 Covid deaths were reported in Sirmaur district in 2020 while this figure skyrocketed to 208 in 2021, comprising 139 males and 69 females. Comorbidities like diabetes, kidney and heart ailments as well as late reporting of cases caused more fatalities,” said Deputy Commissioner, Sirmaur, RK Pruthi.

As many as 57 people died in the age group of 60-70 years, followed by 46 people in the age group of 70 to 80 years, 37 in the age group of 50-60 years. As many as 21 lost their lives in the age group of 80-100 years. While only one child in the age group of 1 to 10 years died due to Covid, 46 people in the 20-50 age group lost their lives in the two waves.

As many as 36 death certificates were issued by the Nahan MC in April 2021, including 10 Covid deaths, while this number rose to 54, including 34 Covid deaths.

In the two civic bodies of Nahan and Paonta Sahib, no deaths had occurred in April and May in 2020. The month of May 2021, however, saw 83 deaths in these civic bodies as against 28 fatalities registered in April.

An analysis of the figures secured from the Nahan Municipal Committee (MC) reveals that out of the 36 death certificates issued in April this year, only 10 pertain to Covid while in May, out of the 54 certificates issued, 34 pertained to Covid deaths.

The Covid data secured from the district administration, however, reveals that 48 deaths had occurred in Nahan in April and May this year as against 44 death certificates issued by the Nahan MC.

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