The second wave of Covid-19 is becoming dangerous for Jharkhand both in terms of number of positive cases and death of patients. April has proved to be dangerous for the State, wreaking havoc every-day.
The first wave of Corona did not see as many deaths in a year as it witnessed in just 29 days of April this year. The first death from corona in Jharkhand was on April 8, 2020, after the pandemic broke out on March 31 at Hindpiri area of State Capital.
From April 2020 to 1 April 2021, 1,114 people died in the State from the pandemic infections. The death count of people from infection has risen to 2,540 by April 30, which means that in just 29 days of April 1,426 people have lost their lives battling infections. On an average every hour two people are losing the battle against Coronavirus in the State.
During this period, Ranchi has the highest number of 489 deaths, while Pakur has the least 4 deaths. The pace of death in the State can be gauged from the fact that it has gone up from the national average of 1.10 to 1.11.
As per the figure from the health bulletin released by the health department, there has been a spike in death rate, doubling rate to fall in recovery rate as compared to national average.
Jharkhand was behind the national average in growth rate, doubling rate and mortality rate, but in the past few weeks Jharkhand figure has made a spike in all health bench-marks as compared to national figure. On April 29, where the country’s growth rate was 1.3 per cent, the pace of meeting patients in Jharkhand has almost doubled to 2.55 per cent. While the doubling rate of the Country is 51.48 days, in Jharkhand, the number of patients is doubling in 27.52 days.
During this time, the recovery rate of Jharkhand has also decreased sharply. As of 1 April, Jharkhand had a recovery rate of 96.42 per cent. It dropped to 74.31 per cent on 29 April, whereas in the country the recovery rate is 82.10 per cent. More than 52,000 patients were found in just 29 days of April.
The pace of corona in the State can be gauged from the fact that 52,225 new patients have been found in just 29 days. As of 1 April, the number of active patients in Jharkhand was 3,352. It increased to 55877 on April 29. During this period, 9,68,061 samples were examined in the state. However, during this period, 48,608 people have also recovered from Corona infection in the State.
According to the report released by the Health Department on Friday morning, 5,691 new patients have been found in the State in the last 24 hours, while, 4,755 people have defeated corona during this period. At the same time 145 people have lost the battle of life with Corona. The highest number of deaths occurred in Ranchi, 13 in Ramgarh, 12 in East Singhbhum, 11 in Dhanbad and 7 in Bokaro.
Indian Medical Association (IMA) State secretary, Dr Pradeep Kumar Singh said, “The situation is very dangerous. The best way to beat Corona infections and get over from the situation is to follow Government guidelines on Covid protocols.”
He said, “We should not move out from our homes without any urgent reasons. People should get vaccinated and should not create panic.”