Ludhiana’s daily cases continue to dip, but deaths still highest in state

Nitin Jain
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 20

Even as daily Covid cases continue to dip considerably, deaths due to the virus in the district still remain highest in the state.

While the infections have registered a decline of 54.65 per cent in the past 10 days, the casualties have again started rising for the past five days after decreasing for four days continuously before that.

The data compiled by the district administration, which is available with The Tribune, revealed that the daily cases have come down from 1,729 on May 9 to 784 on May 20, registering a decline of more than half, while the Covid deaths were rising since May 16 after showing a constant downward trend from May 12 to 15.

The fatalities which started on a declining note from the first day of this month when 18 persons had lost battle to the deadly virus as compared to 20 on April 30, had further dipped to 17 on May 2, before rising again to 21 on May 3, coming down to 20 on May 4, 19 each on May 5 and 6, 20 on May 7, down to 19 on May 8, again rising to 22 on May 9, touching highest of 30 each on May 10 and 11, before decreasing constantly to 28 on May 12, 25 on May 13, 19 on May 14, and 18 on May 15.

The deaths were again continuously increasing since May 16 and 17 when 20 persons had died on each day, and further rising to 21 on May 18, 27 on May 19 and 26 on May 20.

With this, Covid has claimed 1,814 lives of residents in the district so far, including 439 in the past 20 days of this month, at an average of almost 22 local deaths daily in May till date. Besides, 902 casualties of persons from outside have also been reported in Ludhiana thus far, mounting the total death count to 2,716.

The cumulative case fatality rate (CFR), which remained static at 2.27 per cent for four straight days from May 15 to 18, again started rising to 2.28 per cent on May 19 and 2.29 per cent on May 20.

Earlier, the CFR had been constantly dipping since May 1 from 2.48 per cent to 2.45 per cent on May 2, 2.43 on May 3, 2.41 on May 4, 2.4 on May 5, 2.38 on May 6, 2.36 on May 7, 2.34 on May 8, 2.31 on May 9 and 10, 2.3 on May 11, 12 and 13, 2.28 on May 13, and touching the month’s lowest so far at 2.27 per cent on May 15 to 18.

The daily Case Fatality Rate (CFR) which had recorded a major dip of 55.33 per cent from 2.53 per cent on April 30 to 1.13 per cent on May 1, has breached a 3 per cent-mark by touching the month’s highest so far at 3.69 per cent on May 19, and slightly decreasing to 3.32 per cent on May 20.

Earlier, the daily CFR had remained below 2 per cent till May 9, before reaching 2.04 per cent on May 10, before again falling to 1.87 per cent on May 13, 1.44 per cent on May 14, and 1.59 per cent on May 15. It had been rising continuously since May 16 when it reached 2.12 per cent, further going up to 2.35 per cent on May 17, down to 2.12 per cent on May 18, and touching the peak of 3.69 per cent on May 19 and slightly dipping to 3.32 per cent on May 20.

Officialspeak

The rising fatality rate is certainly a cause of concern but the majority of the deaths were of co-morbid patients and those reporting late to hospitals when their condition worsens. Those getting timely treatment are getting cured fast. The considerable decline in daily Covid cases is a positive sign. — Varinder Kumar Sharma, Deputy Commissioner

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