Coronavirus India highlights: In Delhi, 44% decline in Covid deaths in early July compared to early June

The national capital has recorded a 44% decline in the number of Covid-19 deaths in early July as compared to early June, the Delhi government said on Sunday.

The city recorded 605 deaths due to the viral disease between July 1 and 12 as against 1,089 fatalities during the same period in June, according to an analysis carried out by the Health Department.

The Delhi government’s Covid-19 hospitals saw a 58 per cent reduction in death – from 361 in early June to 154 in early July, it said.

Central government Covid-19 hospitals saw a 55% reduction in number of deaths, while private Covid hospitals witnessed a 25 per cent decline.Hospital-wise analysis of data revealed that total deaths vis-à-vis total admissions in the central government’s RML Hospital dropped from 81 per cent in June to 58 per cent in July, according to the Delhi health department. In Safdarjung Hospital — another central government facility — the number of deaths vis-a-vis total admissions dropped from 40 per cent in June to 31 per cent in July. In LNJP Hospital — the Delhi government’s largest Covid-19 hospital — the rate dropped from 28 per cent in early June to 16 per cent in early July, it said. The city government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital turned out to be among the best Covid-19 facility in the national capital in terms of deaths — 6 per cent in early June and 7 per cent in early July.