After audit, VMC says only 7 died of nCov, rest due to co-morbidities

Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) began segregation of Covid-19 deaths in the city, based on the other health conditions that could have led to the death of the patient who tested positive for Covid-19. After the exercise of death audits, VMC has stated that only seven persons died due to Covid-19 while others died due to comorbidities or acute diseases.
The details furnished by the civic body on Monday acknowledged the death of a man Amirshah Diwan (65) from the Yakutpura area of the city. He had died on Thursday, but his death was included in the bulletin after the death audit was completed. With the fresh death, the total number of deaths in the city went up to 32.
If the break up of deaths provided by the VMC based on the death audit reports is to be believed 15 of the 32 persons who had tested positive died of multiple comorbidities. Six died due to hypertension, three due to diabetes and one due to another acute illness.
The VMC is yet to include some other deaths that have taken place in hospitals in the city during the last few days. These include two deaths in the Waghodiya Road area that were disclosed by municipal councillor from the area and Dabhoi MLA Shailesh Mehta. He has even alleged that positive cases were not being included in the medical bulletins.
With 29 fresh cases being reported since Sunday evening, the total number of cases went up to 580 on Monday including 19 cases from the rural areas of the district and Bhayli located on the border of the city.
More Covid-19 positive cases are surfacing from Bhayli area of the city. After two residents of Bhayli tested positive on Sunday, two other residents from the area tested positive on Monday.
The two who had tested positive on Sunday are patients who were admitted at city-based Bhailal Amin General Hospital (BAGH) for other medical conditions.
The two who tested positive on Monday are family members of the 61-year-old man, a resident of Emerald Flat, who is one of the two patients admitted at BAGH.
“A 62-year-old vegetable vendor from Vemar village of Karjan taluka has also tested positive. We had carried out screening and collected samples during which the vendor has tested positive. He is asymptomatic and has been admitted at ITI on Ajwa Road,” he said.
A vegetable vendor from the Waghodiya Road in the city has also been tested positive after he showed symptoms during the screening drive by VMC. The drive will be conducted on a regular basis by the civic body.