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Pune district’s death toll up by 2,191 as state health dept reconciles data
On June 14, the state health department reported a total of 15,643 Covid-19 related deaths in Pune district. This, seven days ago on June 7, was 13,452
Pune district’s death toll due to Covid-19 shot-up by 2,191 deaths as the state health department began the process of reconciling the numbers.
On Monday, the state health department reported a total of 15,643 Covid-19 related deaths in Pune district. This, seven days ago on June 7, was 13,452.
A total of 2,191 deaths have been added, of which, only 288 were earlier reported within 24 hours. With 2,191 deaths added to Pune district’s death toll, over a seven day period, the district can be said to have been recording an average of 313 deaths every day due to the infection.
These deaths include those that were not reported within 24 hours, but were added later, even after a period of one year.
The reconciliation process is still ongoing and the stark difference between the state and district data shows that the district has a higher case fatality ratio (CFR) than what has been reported so far.
The process of reconciling the records is still ongoing and the state department in its daily note has mentioned that the report is prepared based on figures provided by authorised laboratories on Central government’s Covid-19 Portal. Because the availability of figures is an on-going process, the cumulative numbers are subject to change. The state government has recently been criticised for under-reporting deaths due to Covid-19. However, the stark difference in reporting deaths between multiple government agencies continues.
On Monday, while the state government reported a total of 15,643 deaths due to the infection, on the same day, the district health office reported 17,454 deaths, a difference of 18,11.
As more deaths are added to the district’s death toll, Pune now has the second highest number of Covid-19 deaths in the state, accounting for 13.88% of the state’s death toll of 112,696. Mumbai with 17,439 fatalities tops the list.
