Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home State of Gujarat has recorded the highest mortality rate ever since the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, while Maharashtra – which has accounted for highest number of deaths and infected cases – has relatively lesser mortality rate than its neighbouring State.
Till April 8, Maharashtra reported 72 deaths and 1,135 infected cases, which worked out to a mortality rate of 6.34 per cent, which incidentally is the third highest in the country, according to an analytical report released by the state Medical Education and Drugs Department (MEDD) here on Thursday.
On the other hand, Gujarat with 19 death and 179 infected cases has topped the list with a mortality rate of 8.94 per cent, while Punjab ranks second with eight deaths and 101 infected cases has a mortality rate of 7.92 per cent.
Kerala with just two deaths and 345 infected cases recorded the lowest mortality rate of 0.57 per cent, while Rajastan with three deaths and 381 infected cases has emerged second lowest in terms of mortality rate which is just 0.78 per cent.
Tamil Nadu with eight deaths 737 infected cases has also fared well by emerging as a state with third lowest mortality rate of 1.10 per cent. Surprisingly, Uttar Pradesh with four deaths and four infected cases has done well by coming out as a state with fourth lowest mortality figure of 1.10 per cent.
The other states which have succeeded in containing the numbers deaths arising out of Covid-19. The relatively low mortality rates other states include: Andhra Pradesh – 1.14 per cent ( 4 deaths, 348 infected cases), Delhi –1.34 per cent( nine deaths,669 infected cases), Telangana –1.67 per cent ( 7 deaths,427 infected cases) and Haryana –2.04 per cent ( three deaths,147 infected cases).
In the high mortality list, Madhya Pradesh with 13 deaths and 229 cases has emerged as the fourth -- 5.68 per cent. Himachal Pradesh with just one death and 18 positive cases has a mortality rate of 5.55 per cent -- followed by West Bengal with five deaths and 103 positive cases which has notched a mortality rate of 4.85 per cent.
The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir with four deaths and 158 infected cases has passed the muster by settling for a mortality rate of 2.53 per cent.
Karnataka with five deaths and 181 positive cases (mortality rate 2.76 per cent) has done better than West Bengal with five death and 103 infected cases has notched sixth highest mortality rate of 4.85 per cent.
Bihar with one death and 38 infected cases and Odisha with one death and 42 infected cases have recorded mortality rates of 2.63 per cent and 2.38 per cent respectively.
In significant finding, north eastern states with collective 32 infected cases—Assam (28) and one each in Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura — have recorded zero mortality rate.
The other states like Uttarakhand with 33 infected cases, Chandigarh with 18, Union Territory of Ladakh with 14, Andabar & Nicobar Islands with 11, Chhattisgarh with 10, Goa with 7, Puducherry with 5, Jharkhand with 4 cases have not reported any death and their mortality rate zero.