NAGPUR: April has been the worst month for Vidarbha during the Covid-19 pandemic so far. The month has seen highest-ever 5,500+ deaths due to the novel coronavirus in 30 days.
The death analysis of 1,225 deceased reported in the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Nagpur, which is central India’s biggest and advanced tertiary care centre, brings many new facts to fore about the second wave of the infection in the region.
Of the 1,225 fatalities reported from April 1 to 28 at GMCH, 238 patients were brought dead, which means near 19% deaths had happened before coming to the hospital.
Secondly, 128 patients died in casualty while awaiting bed in wards. Which means, near 10.45% patients reached hospital in critical condition and could not get bed/ward and succumbed to the infection.