Photos: Maharashtra battles high fatality rate as Covid cases rise

By HT Correspondent

Updated On Jun 22, 2020 03:00 pm IST

While on the one hand coronavirus cases are rising at a rate of over 3,800 per day in Maharashtra as of June 22, the state’s higher than normal case fatality rate (CFR) at 4.67% compared to the national average of 3.28% is cause for greater concern. The state government has on May 31 vowed to bring the rate down to 3%, but consecutive rises and data reconciliations have only taken that number in the opposite direction. Reducing the CFR in the next fortnight is now a priority for the state’s task force on Covid-19.

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A health care worker checks the temperature of a Dharavi resident in Mumbai on June 20. The number of deaths due to Covid-19 in Maharashtra crossed the 6,000-mark on June 21 with Mumbai alone accounting for 3,671 of the total 6,170 deaths recorded since the coronavirus hit India’s financial capital. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2020 03:00 pm IST

A health care worker checks the temperature of a Dharavi resident in Mumbai on June 20. The number of deaths due to Covid-19 in Maharashtra crossed the 6,000-mark on June 21 with Mumbai alone accounting for 3,671 of the total 6,170 deaths recorded since the coronavirus hit India’s financial capital. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Health workers in PPE bodysuits during a door-to-door screening exercise in Tanaji Nagar, Mumbai on June 20. Maharashtra is currently dealing with a high case fatality rate (CFR) of 4.67%, much above the national rate of 3.28%.The state government had on May 31 vowed to bring it down to below 3% but the rate has risen in part due to the data reconciliation exercise this month. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 22, 2020 03:00 pm IST

Health workers in PPE bodysuits during a door-to-door screening exercise in Tanaji Nagar, Mumbai on June 20. Maharashtra is currently dealing with a high case fatality rate (CFR) of 4.67%, much above the national rate of 3.28%.The state government had on May 31 vowed to bring it down to below 3% but the rate has risen in part due to the data reconciliation exercise this month. (PTI)

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Health care workers get themselves sanitized after their daily routine in Saki Naka, Mumbai, on June 20. Maharashtra recorded 3,870 fresh Covid-19 cases on June 21, taking its total case count to 132,075. Of these 64,423 or 48.77% of the total cases in the state have occurred in June. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2020 03:00 pm IST

Health care workers get themselves sanitized after their daily routine in Saki Naka, Mumbai, on June 20. Maharashtra recorded 3,870 fresh Covid-19 cases on June 21, taking its total case count to 132,075. Of these 64,423 or 48.77% of the total cases in the state have occurred in June. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

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Essential service workers head to board a local train at CSMT in Mumbai on June 19. Maharashtra, according to officials, is going to see a steady rise in cases for a few more days. The state government has been highlighting the improvement in the doubling rate and betterment in the recovery rate, but the rise in CFR has proved worrisome. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2020 03:00 pm IST

Essential service workers head to board a local train at CSMT in Mumbai on June 19. Maharashtra, according to officials, is going to see a steady rise in cases for a few more days. The state government has been highlighting the improvement in the doubling rate and betterment in the recovery rate, but the rise in CFR has proved worrisome. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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Health care staff check the temperature and pulse rate of a police personnel in Dharavi on June 21. Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray directed district authorities on June 19 to constitute task forces of expert doctors from the private sector to keep the CFR in check. The state task force in Mumbai has also decided to concentrate efforts on reducing the CFR. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2020 03:00 pm IST

Health care staff check the temperature and pulse rate of a police personnel in Dharavi on June 21. Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray directed district authorities on June 19 to constitute task forces of expert doctors from the private sector to keep the CFR in check. The state task force in Mumbai has also decided to concentrate efforts on reducing the CFR. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Photo)

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A view of a makeshift quarantine centre for COVID-19 patients in Mumbai on June 20. Covid Care centres such as this one are being constructed in Nashik city and Kalyan-Dombivli to augment the health infrastructure in the face of rising cases. The care centres have a capacity of 500 and 400 beds respectively. (ANI)

Updated on Jun 22, 2020 03:00 pm IST

A view of a makeshift quarantine centre for COVID-19 patients in Mumbai on June 20. Covid Care centres such as this one are being constructed in Nashik city and Kalyan-Dombivli to augment the health infrastructure in the face of rising cases. The care centres have a capacity of 500 and 400 beds respectively. (ANI)

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A health care worker stands guard at Cheeta Camp, Mankhurd, on June 21. “For the next two weeks, we are concentrating on reducing deaths in the state. We are ready for the rising case load and the health infrastructure has been augmented by the government after the task force insisted upon it,” Dr. Sanjay Oak, who heads the state’s Covid-19 task force, told HT. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2020 03:00 pm IST

A health care worker stands guard at Cheeta Camp, Mankhurd, on June 21. “For the next two weeks, we are concentrating on reducing deaths in the state. We are ready for the rising case load and the health infrastructure has been augmented by the government after the task force insisted upon it,” Dr. Sanjay Oak, who heads the state’s Covid-19 task force, told HT. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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