Staggering fall in mortality rate in India due to Covid-19, who is responsible?

All over the world, mortality rates are being investigated to decide the genuine effect of the Covid-19, which developed in China before the end of last year and is known to have infected more than 3.2 million individuals all around the globe, with almost 225,615 deaths.

Wednesday, 29th April 2020

Many cities in India have recorded sensational fall in mortality rates after a nationwide lockdown was forced to battle the new coronavirus (COVID-19), recommending there has not been an untraced flood in infection-related deaths. All over the world, mortality rates are being investigated to decide the genuine effect of the Covid-19, which developed in China before the end of last year and is known to have infected more than 3.2 million individuals all around the globe, with almost 225,615 deaths. While mortality rates in certain nations have risen abruptly in the past 1 month, India seems to be in the opposite direction as many hospitals, cremation grounds or cemeteries are wondering what the reason behind it is. WIC News Correspondent mined the reason behind it, and it was found that causalities caused by hospitals have seen a dramatic collapse as due to lock down almost all the OPDs are closed down, and a minimum number of people are reaching out to the doctors for casual check-ups or treatments. “It is astonishing for us,” said a person working in cremation ground for almost 5 years. He said that the cremation ground of Model Town in Jalandhar, Punjab has witnessed about one-third decline in cremations compared to the data of the past 4 months. Role of Hospitals: Hospitals play a significant role in providing healthcare service, but high-level competition brings up a major cash crunch for many. The same is happening in Jalandhar, which is the house of over 800 hospitals including super speciality, multi-speciality centres, nursing homes and clinics with high-end infrastructure. Besides catering to the people not only of Punjab but also to the neighbouring states, it takes a hefty amount of money to operate these hospitals. Many sources on condition of anonymity revealed that most of the health care centres coerce patients to go under surgery or high costing check-ups by expressing threat to their life, which is not completely shut-off. Strangely, not going to the private hospitals or healthcare centres has up-surged to be the significant role in lowering mortality rate in Punjab’s NRI (Non-Residential Indian) hub Jalandhar. Fewer Accidents: Prime Minister Modi forced a lockdown of India’s 1.3 billion people on March 25 out of an offer to stop the spread of Covid-19, which has contaminated somewhere in the range of around 31,787 positive cases, and over 1008 have died to this pandemic. As of the no-movement curfew in India, the number of accident deaths will record a downfall trend in the year 2020. Road accidents on Indian roads have killed around 151,400 people in the year 2018 as per official data, which is, unfortunately, the world’s highest number. An official of the ministry of roads and transports said that the nation would witness around 15% fewer fatalities due to road accidents this year, merely due to coronavirus. Staggering Murder Rate: Surprisingly, India murder and the homicide rate has recorded in a downward trend in the past 2 decades of the report. Yet it is discussed that the homicide rate will dip due to lockdown. For instance, in the year 2016, murder or homicide rate in India was recorded at 3.22 with a count of 42,678, which has now again turned towards peace due to Covid-19.