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GUWAHATI: People with comorbidities account for 60-70% of fatalities in Assam in the second wave, bringing to the fore their vulnerability once again.
The state is witnessing 70 Covid deaths on an average daily for quite some time now.
“If we count the cases where viral infection alone is the cause of death, the actual number of Covid deaths will be about 30% of the death numbers that is being reported at present,” chairman of the state Covid death audit board Dr Anup Kumar Barman told TOI on Monday.
He added that a large number of patients suffering from diabetes, kidney failure and cancer, along with other comorbid conditions, have died after they got infected by the virus. Out of the total Covid deaths in the state, their number is between 60-70%, Barman said.