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By: Shree1news, 03 FEB 2021
Bhubaneswar: With a recovery rate of 99.13 per cent, Odisha has been positioned on the second place within the nation in terms of Covid recoveries. Arunachal Pradesh has topped the list with a recovery rate of 99.61 per cent.
Based on the information released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday, apart from Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha, three other states– Bihar (99.09 per cent), Mizoram (99.09 per cent) and Andhra Pradesh (99.05 per cent) — have a recovery rate of above 99 per cent against the national average of 97.05 per cent.
Based on the health officials, six different northeastern states – Nagaland (98.83 per cent), Tripura (98.78 per cent), Assam (98.66 per cent), Meghalaya (98.49 per cent), Manipur (98.25 per cent) and Sikkim (96.44 per cent) – also exceeded national recovery rate.
Another northeastern state Mizoram has earned the distinction of having the lowest loss of life rate of 0.21 per cent among the 28 states in India whereas Punjab remained within the top position in Covid-19 mortality at 3.24 per cent against the national fatality rate of 1.43 per cent.
Sikkim’s fatality rate of 2.22 per cent is the third highest within the nation after Maharashtra’s 2.52 per cent.
Based on the Health and Family Welfare Ministry data, the mortality rate in six other northeastern states – Manipur (1.28 per cent), Tripura (1.17 per cent), Meghalaya (1.06 per cent), Assam (0.50 per cent), Nagaland (0.73 per cent) and Arunachal Pradesh (0.33 per cent) – are lower than the national average.
Based on the officials of the Health and family Welfare Department of Assam, the state had reported its first loss of life due to coronavirus on April 10. The first loss of life in Assam, as well as within the northeastern region, was reported from Hailakandi district in southern Assam where a middle aged man, who had visited abroad, succumbed to Covid-19 at the Silchar Medical College and Hospital.
Mizoram was the lone state in India where there was no Covid-19 related loss of life until October 28 last year when a 62-year-old man died of Covid-19 within the mountainous state even as the first loss of life was reported in India on January 30, 2020.
The nationwide immunisation drive started throughout the nation on January 16 after the approval of two Covid vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin, which have been cleared for emergency use by the authorities.
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is the manufacturer of India’s first indigenous vaccine for Covid-19 – Covaxin – whereas Covishield has been developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India in Pune.Over 39,50,000 people, mostly health workers, vaccinated so far.
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