Jamshedpur: With a decline in the number of fresh Covid cases in East Singhbhum and adjoining districts, the
recovery rate at Tata Main Hospital (
TMH), one of the biggest Covid centres in the Kolhan region, is gradually rising.
In the last fortnight (October 23-November 5), TMH clocked 110 recoveries against 72 admissions. This week, the recovery
rate has come up to 89.2% from the 88.82% in the previous week.
Although upbeat, authorities of the hospital cautioned people and advised them to exercise restrain during Diwali and Chhat.
“The more people adhere to the safety guidelines, sharper will be the rise of the recovery rate,” said TMH advisor, medical services, Ranjan Chaudhry.
Appealing people to celebrate the festival by following the guidelines properly, a doctor at the hospital said, “We are going through a critical phase of the battle against Covid-19 and any lax may lead to a second wave.”
Till Friday, 3,897 patients with Covid were admitted to TMH, of which, 3,476 were discharged after recovery. With 363 deaths so far, including three in the last week, the hospital has reported a mortality rate of 6.22% (figures include those who got tested at TMH and turned out to be positive, but were not admitted to the hospital). The hospital has conducted 76,040 tests so far, including 37,334 RT-PCRs. A total of 5,838 patients were found positive among all the tests conducted at TMH.
Of the total deaths at the hospital, maximum patients (292) hailed from home district East Singhbhum, followed by Seraikela-Kharsawan (50) West Singhbhum (9), Dhanbad (6), Ramgarh (2), and other districts (4).
The hospital, the first healthcare centre in the state to be allowed by the Indian Council of Medical Research to conduct RT-PCR tests, reported a considerable dip in the positivity rate of RT-PCR tests from 30% nine weeks ago to 2.54% in the current week. The positivity rate last week stood at 4.05%.
Similarly, the positivity rate of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) dropped from 9% eight weeks ago to 1.73% this week. The positivity of RATs stood at 2.06% in the previous week.
In terms of admissions, TMH saw 3,210 patients from East Singhbhum, followed by 292 from Seraikela-Kharswan , 40 from West Singhbhum, 33 from Dhanbad, 30 from Ramgarh and 105 from other districts.
The first Covid patient was admitted on May 12 at the hospital.