As many as 5,411 people in Haryana succumbed to Covid-19 during the fierce second wave that battered the healthcare system in the State. Of them, 1,572 patients (29 per cent) had no comorbidity.
The second Covid-19 wave that began in the month of March accounted for 63 per cent of the total 8,461 Covid-19 fatalities in the state till date. From March 1 to June 2, over 4.88 lakh people were infected with Covid-19 while 5,411 lost their lives, as per the data of State’s Health Department.
The data shows that about 71 per cent of these Covid-19 victims in the State had comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, respiratory diseases, heart-related diseases among others.
During the first Covid-19 wave upto February 2021, a total of 3050 people had died while 2,70,950 were found infected with the deadly virus.
As the State’s healthcare system was overwhelmed by a huge spike in Covid cases in May leading to shortage of hospital beds, life-saving drugs and medical oxygen, 4,087 deaths, nearly half of total Covid related deaths and 2.68 lakh positive cases were reported during the month.
The State had detected the highest 15,786 positive cases on May 4 while the highest ever 181 fatalities in a single day were reported on May 5.
With the State reporting a fatality rate at 1.11 percent, Hisar district has seen highest number of 893 Covid related deaths followed by 827 deaths in Gurugram, 709 in Faridabad, 504 in Karnal, 499 in Bhiwani, 481 in Ambala, 479 in Rohtak, 479 in Rohtak, 454 in Jind, 447 in Panipat, 400 in Fatehabad among other fatalities.
During the period from March 1 till June 2, Hisar has reported a maximum number of 566 fatalities. Among other worst Covid hit districts with high fatalities during the same period were Gurugram (470), Jind (360), Bhiwani (354), Karnal (350), Ambala (336) and Rohtak (326), according to the data.
On Wednesday, the State had reported 78 deaths and 1,171 fresh Covid cases. The cumulative Covid cases were recorded at 7,59,039 while there were 14,668 active cases in Haryana.
Notably, the Covid cases and fatalities had started witnessing a downward trend after the second week of May in the State. The recovery rate, which was 78.70 per cent on May 1, has jumped to 96.95 per cent on Wednesday. While the positivity rate during the second wave till June 2 stands at 14.21 per cent, the cumulative positive rate is 8.34 percent.
However, the slow pace of Covid-19 vaccination still remains a concern. Haryana has so far fully vaccinated around 10 lakh people (only 3.4 percent of the total population) while 50.23 lakh people (17 percent of the total population) have received their first jab of either Covaxin or Covishield. Till June 2, a total of around 60 lakh vaccine jabs have been administered in Haryana, which has an estimated population of 2.9 crore.
84 died due to black fungus
Even as the Covid-19 cases and fatalities are declining in the State, the Government is now faced with the challenge to tackle the surge in patients of black fungus.
84 people have so far succumbed to mucormycosis or black fungus infection in Haryana. The cumulative cases till June 1 stand at 951. While 746 are undergoing treatment for black fungus in various hospitals of the State 121 have recovered, according to the data of state’s Health Department.
A maximum of 29 deaths are reported in Hisar, 18 in Gurugram, nine in Rohtak, seven in Sirsa, six in Jhajjar, five in Karnal, three in Panchkula, two each in Nuh and Panipat,one each in Fatehabad, Kaithal and Bhiwani.
Gurugram has reported a maximum of 237 cases of black fungus followed by 224 in Rohtak and 220 in Hisar. Among other districts, 66 cases were reported in Faridabad, 48 in Sirsa, 38 in Panipat, 30 in Karnal, 24 in Nuh, 15 in Jhajjar, 19 in Fatehabad, nine in Panchkula, seven in Rewari, eight in Ambala, six in Bhiwani and Yamunanagar and three in Kaithal.