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At the current rate of vaccination, it will take another 16-18 months to cover about 70 per cent of the population of Uttarakhand, revealed analysis of data from the state health department.
Uttarakhand records second highest Covid-19 death rate in India
Amongst 36 states/UTs, the death rate of Uttarakhand was recorded at 1.89% on May 25 which is 64% more than the national rate of 1.15%.
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DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand s death rate remains second highest with 1.89% after Punjab (2.5%) despite the number of daily cases coming down to almost one-third of the peak earlier this month.
Amongst 36 states/UTs, the death rate of Uttarakhand was recorded at 1.89% on May 25 which is 64% more than the national rate of 1.15%.
Anoop Nautiyal whose Social Development for Communities has been collating data since March 15, 2020, when the first-ever case surfaced in the state said, I have been repeatedly urging the need for greater efforts from government and authorities to control death rate. Hope that greater attention will be given towards curbing mortalities in the state.
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DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand with just 0.8% population of India, accounted for 2.73% of deaths in the country in the last seven days.
In the last seven days of April 2021, a total of 22,121 deaths were recorded in India out of which 603 were from Uttarakhand.
Anoop Nautiyal, an analyst based in Dehradun whose Social Development for Communities has been analysing data since March 2020 when the first-ever case was detected in Uttarakhand said, Our population is just 0.8% of this country but in last 7 days in April we had 2.73% of deaths in India. This is a very high share. We should be careful and take more stringent measures to curb the spread.
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