Summary:
Going by the figures, nearly 220 people died every day in the month of April, which includes death from Covid-19, natural deaths, accidental deaths and suicide.
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The number deaths registered in four cities of Gujarat, especially Rajkot, in April have almost tripled or quadrupled compared to the same month last year, indicating the high mortality caused by the monstrous spike in Covid-19 in the second wave.
The average death figures every month in Rajkot city till March was reported to be between 1,000 and 1500.
However, when the second wave hit, the city registered a massive five-fold rise in mortalities in the month of April alone.
Official data of Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) reveals that 6,600 people died in 30 days.
In the first 10 days of May, nearly 3,000 deaths have been reported.
Going by the figures, nearly 220 people died every day in the month of April, which includes death from Covid-19, natural deaths, accidental deaths and suicide.
RMC gets the death entries from hospitals and the mortuary vans of the fire department of all those who have died in the city jurisdiction.
However, there are large number of people from the rural areas of Rajkot and other districts who take treatment for Covid-19 in the city.
A senior officer of RMC’s birth and death office said: “We got entry of 6,651 deaths on our portal from April 1-30 from various hospitals out of which 3,582 were males and 3,069 females.
A total of 4,475 people approached us for registration of their relatives deaths.”
As per rule, a person has to report the death of a relative to the RMC registrar within 30 days.