Ludhiana district records 28 per million death rate in March

Nitin Jain

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 8

Ludhiana district has recorded 28 per million death rate in March, which was much lower than the state average of 35. Similarly, the case fatality rate (CFR) in the district remained well under control at 1.6 last month, which was also below the state average of 1.8.

The data compiled by the Health and Family Welfare Department, a copy of which is with The Tribune, Nawanshahr remained the worst-hit district with the maximum of 126 deaths per million rate, followed by Hoshiarpur (101) and Jalandhar (91).

Among other districts, Kapurthala recorded 50 per million death rate followed by Ropar and Patiala 36 each, Amritsar and Gurdaspur 30 each, Tarn Taran 25, Sangrur 16, Faridkot 13, Bathinda 12, Fatehgarh Sahib and Muktsar 10 each, Ferozepur 9, Barnala 8, Pathankot, Fazilka and Moga 7 each and Mansa 1 (the least).

On the CFR front, Hoshiarpur and Sangrur remained the worst-hit districts with the highest 2.9 CFR each, followed by Jalandhar and Nawanshahr 2.6 each, Tarn Taran 2.3 and Gurdaspur 2.

Those with less than 2 CFR were Ropar and Barnala 1.8 each, Fazilka 1.6, Amritsar 1.5, Ferozepur and Patiala 1.4 each, Kapurthala 1.3, Faridkot 1.2, Bathinda and Moga 1.1 each, Mohali and Pathankot 0.8 each, Fatehgarh Sahib 0.7, and Mansa reported the least fatalities due to Covid with the minimum 0.3 CFR.

The comparison of cumulative capacity and occupancy in hospitals showed that 40.6 per cent (723 of the total 1,780 beds) in level-3 hospitals remained occupied, while the occupancy in level-2 facilities was much less at 19.5 per cent (8,828 of the total 1,727 beds) in the state last month.

This was despite the fact that the count of patients in level-3 hospitals in the state during last 10 days of March (21 to 30) swelled exponentially from 211 on March 21 to 723 on March 30.

The highest spike was witnessed on March 26 when 608 Covid patients reported to the level-3 facilities, which was almost three times from 213 on March 25. Later, the graph continued to go up with 627 virus patients hospitalised on March 27; 669 on March 28; and 690 on March 29.

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