Most Jan deaths due to co-morbidities and not caused by Covid, say experts

The deaths of several Covid patients in January this year were coincidental and not due to Covid-19 though the casualty count increased four-fold last month, compared to that in December last year, the state task force members and hospitals treating Covid-infected patients told TOI.

- Neha Madaan

Pune: Rahul Pandit, a member of the state task force, said, “A lot of patients were detected with Covid upon admission to hospitals, and thus, can be termed as ‘coincidental Covid patients’. They got admitted due to other severe conditions or health ailments carrying a mortality risk by themselves. The Covid-19 death numbers seem to have increased because such deaths have been clubbed under the Covid deaths.”