BHOPAL: Of the 37 deaths that have occurred in January so far between January 1 and January 23 — only 2 were such who had not comorbidities.
And more than 50% of these deceased were aged above 60 years. The youngest among the deceased was aged 5 days old, who died in Gwalior district on January 20 and the eldest person to die was 97-year-old, who died of Covid-19 in Ujjain district.
Majority of the patients who died of Covid-19 in this wave till January 23—were one thing in common, 13 had either diabetes or hypertension or both, said sources.
Majority of the deaths took place in past one week, i.e. between January 16 and January 23—when 23 deaths took place. Thus overall out of 37 deaths, 62% deaths took place in the past one week. Prior to this only 14 deaths took place in the first 15 days of this month.
Among the 37 deceased, 7 were female patients and remaining 30 were males.
The total case fatality rate (CFR) which is the ratio of total confirmed deaths to total confirmed cases, has been far lower compared to the previous waves, said sources.
The CFR in second wave was above 0.50 and in the third wave it has been below 0.10 on maximum times, barring in the first week of January when cases were low and a few deaths were reported, and the CFR touched 0.32, sources said.
Sources said that the death rates has been lower in this wave compared to the previous wave and it could primarily be attributed to the fact that now majority of the population has been vaccinated now. Apart from vaccination, it is important to ensure that people strictly adhere to the Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, it is only then that we could expect that third wave wanes away, added sources.
