There are six positive patients for every square kilometre in Karnataka, according to Jeevan Raksha
Accounting for 5,382 of the total 13,759 COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka till April 21, Bengaluru Urban figures at the top of the mortality chart in the State with 506 deaths per million (DPM) population followed by Mysuru, Dakshina Kannada, and Dharwad at 341, 322 and 321 DPM, respectively.
Bengaluru Urban has topped in mortality not only in absolute numbers, but also in DPM population based on Unique Identification Authority of India’s projected population figures as on December 31, 2020. An analysis of DPM population is considered to give a picture of the mortality in proportion to the population in a specific geographic region.
Read more about At 150,000 active Covid cases, Bengaluru is worst-hit Indian district on Business Standard. The Karnataka Task Advisory Committee on Covid has asked the state govt to impose stringent lockdown for at least 14 days
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India has confirmed 15.9 million cases of infection, the second highest after the United States, and 184,657 deaths. The world’s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly healthcare crisis.
Express and Star reports that India is the world’s second-most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion people, and its size presents extraordinary challenges in fighting Covid-19. Some 2.7 million vaccine doses are given daily, but less than 10% of its people have had their first jab. Overall, India has confirmed 15.9 million cases of infection, the second highest after the United States, and 184,657 deaths. The latest surge has driven India’s fragile health systems to breaking point: understaffed hospitals are overflowing with patients; medical oxygen is in short supply; intensive care units are full; nearly all ventilators are in use; and the dead are
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Relatives of a Covid-19 victim outside the Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan Covid-19 hospital in New Delhi, India
The world’s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly healthcare crisis.
India is the world’s second-most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion people, and its size presents extraordinary challenges in fighting Covid-19.
Some 2.7 million vaccine doses are given daily, but less than 10% of its people have had their first jab.
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Overall, India has confirmed 15.9 million cases of infection, the second highest after the United States, and 184,657 deaths.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Why India is shattering global infection records
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Health workers carry a body of a Covid-19 victim for cremation, in New Delhi, India. Photo / AP
Health workers carry a body of a Covid-19 victim for cremation, in New Delhi, India. Photo / AP
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The world s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly healthcare crisis.
While India is massive it s the world s second-most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion people its size also presents extraordinary challenges to fighting Covid-19.
Some 2.7 million vaccine doses are given daily, but that s still less than 10 per cent of its people who ve gotten their first shot. Overall, India has confirmed 15.9 million cases of infection, the second-highest after the United States, and 184,657 deaths.