AHMEDABAD: A data tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday indicated that compared to 2020, the months of April to June recorded three times more deaths of Covid patients in 2021.
In comparison, the rise in mortality was 21 times in Uttar Pradesh, 18 times in Tamil Nadu, 9 times high for Maharashtra, and 5 times in Delhi.
In terms of overall Covid-19 mortality in 2021, Gujarat ranked 15th with 5,767 deaths. Out of the total, 92% of deaths were from April and May alone. In 2021 till July 14, Maharashtra recorded the highest mortality at 76,635, followed by 21,378 in Tamil Nadu, 14,478 in Delhi, and 14,331 in Uttar Pradesh.
In context of discrepancy between total deaths and medically certified deaths, the RS data did not reveal figures for 2020 or 2021, instead it presented Civil Registration System data of 2019 where Gujarat had recorded 4.62 lakh deaths of which only 98,563 or 21.3% were ‘medically certified’ deaths.
In answer to three questions related to vaccines, Centre claimed that of eligible population, about one-third or 33% of the population has been vaccinated for first dose. Gujarat ranked high on this parameter with 47% getting the first and 14% getting both the doses.
Those above 60 years account for 50%, 45-60 years for 45% and those below 45 are only 5% of those who got both shots.
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