Kejriwal seeks report on causes of Covid deaths

In wake of the ongoing coronavirus situation in the national capital and to prevent death due to infection, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday asked the state’s health secretary to give a detailed report on causes of deaths here in the last two weeks. Meanwhile, according to a report, the number of deaths due to corona is constantly declining in Delhi.

 The Delhi government is constantly taking steps so that the death toll in the capital can be minimised. In the meantime, there has been a decrease in the death figures here in the last few days. According to data of 1-7 July, 397 deaths occurred due to the coronavirus during this period. On 1 July, 61 deaths were reported from Corona. Reports of 61 deaths were also reported on 2 July. The numbers improved further and on 3 July, 59 deaths were reported.  55 died on 4 July and 63 on 5 July. The last two days i.e. 6 and 7 July reported 48 and 50 deaths respectively. In the month of June, there were 125 deaths in one day in Delhi. 

According to government figures, total deaths due to Corona on April 4 in Delhi were 6. The disease progressed and the death toll increased. After a month, on 4 May, the death toll reached 64. The situation worsened within a month and on 4 June, the death tally here increased by 10 times and the numbers reached 650. Situation went beyond control in Delhi and in the month of July, 3004 died of the deadly virus. After the government raked up its efforts recently, Covid infections took 8 days to cross the next thousand mark which is a good sign.

 After 4 months of the coronavirus infections in Delhi, the total death tally in Delhi stands at 3165 (as of 7 July). The first thousand deaths were reported within three months but the infection rate picked up soon. On 19 June, 2035 people died and within 15 days, the numbers crossed the 3,000 mark.

During the months of May and June, the Delhi government also started incorporating old cases of death in the health bulletin. These were the cases of death which were being recorded in the official figures by the government after being approved by the Death Audit Committee.