6.7% Covid fatality rate in Punjab at all-time high

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 18

Even as the number of daily Covid cases as well as active cases has come down significantly in Punjab, the case fatality rate has remained at all-time high over the past one month.

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As per the state Health Department, in the past one month (July 18 onwards), 1,674 new cases were reported, lowest in the span of 30 days since the virus outbreak in March last year. But the number of deaths did not decline in the same proportion. In the same period, the state reported 112 Covid deaths, registering the case fatality rate of 6.69 per cent against 1.6 per cent nationally. This has led to a slight increase in the overall case fatality rate of the state, which is now 2.7%. The same had come down to 2.4% in April. The state’s fatality rate has remained above 6% since mid June.

Health officials say there is nothing to worry as the number of cases is at the lowest level. “The number of cases and deaths is low. Some of the deaths reported in the past 30 days were from the second wave,” said Dr Rajesh Bhaskar, state’s nodal officer.