Jaipur Covid deaths cross 300; men account for 68% fatalities

JAIPUR: The Pink City breached the 300 mark in Covid-19 deaths on Monday morning, reporting 301 fatalities overall. More than double the men died in comparison to women, accounting for 68% and 32% casualties, respectively. Out of the 301 deaths, 202 were men and 99 women.
More than one-fourth of the deaths happened in the age group of 61 to 70 years. As per the health department data, 75 persons, including 44 men and 31 women, died of Covid in this age group.

A health department official said that they have launched a 'Life Saving' mission for early diagnosis and treatment of people in the vulnerable groups of above 60 years, children below 10 years, and patients who have co-morbidities, including diabetes, hypertension and other chronic illnesses related to heart, lungs, kidney and liver.
Officials said that most of the people who were above 60 years of age have comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension and need to take more precautions to prevent being infected by the virus.
36% of the total deaths in Jaipur below 50 yrs
Out of the 301 fatalities, the age of 290 patients is known while that of 11 persons is not clear. Of these, 104 of them were below the age of 50 years, accounting for 36% of the total deaths in the city, while 186 were above 50 years.
But the percentage of deaths of those below 50 years is going down with each100 fatalities. For the first 100 deaths, this percentage was 39%. In the next hundred (101-200), it decreased to 38%, while in the next 100 (201-300), it came down to 29%.
But the percentage of men dying in this age group (0-50 years) is constantly increasing. In the first 100 deaths, it was 59%, which increased to 68% in the next hundred and 74% in the third hundred.
The death of a 20-dayold boy is the youngest reported in Jaipur, while the oldest was that of a 90-year-old.
The Jaipur district administration on Monday set up a round-the-clock help desk at RUHS on Monday. The help desk number is 0141-2792251, on which doctors and officials of district administration will be available 24 hours in three shifts.