With the number of deaths in the third wave on a steady rise, an analysis by the State Health Department has found that over 55% of the total deaths reported till January 27 have happened within two days of reporting to hospitals.
With 81 deaths on Wednesday and 60 on Thursday, a total of 857 deaths have been reported from January 1 till February 3. Of these, over 51% have been reported in the last one week alone. An analysis of 373 deaths in the period between January 1 and January 27 based on reporting time found that 206 deaths (55.3%) happened within two days of reporting to hospitals.
