Covid-19 Mortality Rate India

The US maternal mortality rate in 2022 returned to the same level as two years prior, after a spike in 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, health authorities announced Thursday.

Serosurveys cannot be extrapolated to estimate mortality rates of COVID-19 or undercounting of the number of coronavirus infections as they are not meant to cover granularity at the level of the state, NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul has said.

Karnataka has recorded a relatively low mortality rate till now amid the ferocious second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that's hardly any consolation for relatives of the increasing number of victims being brought for their final rites.

The Gujarat health department has issued an advisory to doctors and health officials after some COVID-19 patients were recently found infected with mucormycosis, saying it a serious but rare fungal infection and has an overall "mortality rate of 50 per cent".

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure priority allocation of COVID-19 vaccine to Punjab on account of its higher mortality rate and high levels of co-morbidities in the state.

Expressing concern over the rise in daily COVID-19 cases and mortality in some districts in Chhattisgarh, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the death rate within 24 and 72 hours of hospitalization at 34.8 per cent and 46.2 per cent respectively indicates that cases are not identified before they progress to an advanced state.

Pakistan's top body, which oversees response to the coronavirus pandemic, on Wednesday warned that strict measures, including lockdown, could be initiated to contain the infection if people don't stop violating government guidelines, as the country's COVID-19 mortality rate increased by 140 per cent compared to past few weeks.

Though Kerala is witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases of late, there is a silver lining as the mortality rate was only 0.36 per cent, Health Minister K K Shailaja said as she praised the tireless efforts of Health workers and urged people not to overwhelm the healthcare system by their negligence.

India continues to occupy the top global position with the maximum number of COVID-19 recoveries and accounts for 21 per cent of the recovered cases worldwide, while its share in the total cases stands at 18.6 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said today.

More than one lakh people have died of coronavirus in India - the world's second worst-hit country - as the country recorded 1,069 deaths and total case load crossed 64 lakh with 79,476 new cases, data released by the Health Ministry this morning showed.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said the government is aiming to bring down India's COVID-19 mortality rate to less than 1 per cent from the current 1.64 per cent, which is still the lowest in the world.

At a time when the centre has sent a team of experts to Tripura to help the state government fight rising cases of COVID-19, the state saw the highest mortality rate in the northeast. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb then criticised a section of the media for publishing stories of alleged mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis, on the sidelines of ...

The Centre has asked the north eastern states to focus on early identification of COVID-19 cases by ramping up testing along with effective monitoring of patients under home isolation and early hospitalization in case of disease progression to keep the mortality rate to one per cent or less.

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said the state is ready to implement the centre's standard operating procedure or SOP for holding NEET and JEE. However, he cautioned that the coronavirus crisis is still big threat and there are worries that even in Assam, which has one of lowest COVID-19 mortality rates in the country, the fatalitie...

India's COVID-19 mortality rate is one of the lowest in the world at 1.58 per cent and active cases are only 22.2 per cent of the total cases, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

The US maternal mortality rate in 2022 returned to the same level as two years prior, after a spike in 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, health authorities announced Thursday.

Serosurveys cannot be extrapolated to estimate mortality rates of COVID-19 or undercounting of the number of coronavirus infections as they are not meant to cover granularity at the level of the state, NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul has said.

Karnataka has recorded a relatively low mortality rate till now amid the ferocious second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that's hardly any consolation for relatives of the increasing number of victims being brought for their final rites.

The Gujarat health department has issued an advisory to doctors and health officials after some COVID-19 patients were recently found infected with mucormycosis, saying it a serious but rare fungal infection and has an overall "mortality rate of 50 per cent".

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure priority allocation of COVID-19 vaccine to Punjab on account of its higher mortality rate and high levels of co-morbidities in the state.

Expressing concern over the rise in daily COVID-19 cases and mortality in some districts in Chhattisgarh, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the death rate within 24 and 72 hours of hospitalization at 34.8 per cent and 46.2 per cent respectively indicates that cases are not identified before they progress to an advanced state.

Pakistan's top body, which oversees response to the coronavirus pandemic, on Wednesday warned that strict measures, including lockdown, could be initiated to contain the infection if people don't stop violating government guidelines, as the country's COVID-19 mortality rate increased by 140 per cent compared to past few weeks.

Though Kerala is witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases of late, there is a silver lining as the mortality rate was only 0.36 per cent, Health Minister K K Shailaja said as she praised the tireless efforts of Health workers and urged people not to overwhelm the healthcare system by their negligence.

India continues to occupy the top global position with the maximum number of COVID-19 recoveries and accounts for 21 per cent of the recovered cases worldwide, while its share in the total cases stands at 18.6 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said today.

More than one lakh people have died of coronavirus in India - the world's second worst-hit country - as the country recorded 1,069 deaths and total case load crossed 64 lakh with 79,476 new cases, data released by the Health Ministry this morning showed.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said the government is aiming to bring down India's COVID-19 mortality rate to less than 1 per cent from the current 1.64 per cent, which is still the lowest in the world.

At a time when the centre has sent a team of experts to Tripura to help the state government fight rising cases of COVID-19, the state saw the highest mortality rate in the northeast. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb then criticised a section of the media for publishing stories of alleged mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis, on the sidelines of ...

The Centre has asked the north eastern states to focus on early identification of COVID-19 cases by ramping up testing along with effective monitoring of patients under home isolation and early hospitalization in case of disease progression to keep the mortality rate to one per cent or less.

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said the state is ready to implement the centre's standard operating procedure or SOP for holding NEET and JEE. However, he cautioned that the coronavirus crisis is still big threat and there are worries that even in Assam, which has one of lowest COVID-19 mortality rates in the country, the fatalitie...

India's COVID-19 mortality rate is one of the lowest in the world at 1.58 per cent and active cases are only 22.2 per cent of the total cases, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.