50 percent of deaths from COVID-19 due to late testing: Zoram Medical College
50 percent of deaths from COVID-19 due to late testing: Zoram Medical College
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Mizoram: Medical college director John Zohmingthanga said that at least 174 Covid-19 victims who died in the medical college recently were studied by experts from Zoram Medical College (ZMC), the only COVID-19 dedicated hospital in the state. had gone. They found that in Mizoram, 50 per cent failed to test their samples soon after they developed symptoms of COVID-19. He said some victims got their sample tests done as early as two weeks after they developed symptoms. Late testing accounts for 50 per cent of COVID-19 deaths.

The official said the study found that 86.5 per cent of the COVID-19 victims in the state were admitted to ZMCs, and 65 per cent were above 60 years of age. The study said that out of the total COVID-19 victims, 133 were not vaccinated, while 21 were fully vaccinated and 30 of them received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. dose was received. Twenty-three had no disease other than Covid-19, while most of them had co-morbidities like hypertension, diabetes, asthma, cancer, tuberculosis and liver problems, it said.

The study also said that so far four pregnant women have died of COVID-19 in Mizoram. Mizoram reported 886 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the state's tally to 56,644, officials said. He said that 3 new people have also died in the state, taking the death toll to 209. He said the number of active cases now stands at 7581, while 48,854 people have recovered from the infection, including 518 till 5 pm on Saturday. The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients is 86.24 percent, and the mortality rate is 0.36 percent. The state has so far tested over 8.34 lakh samples for COVID-19. According to State Immunization Officer Dr Laljavmi, more than 6.54 people have been vaccinated till Friday.

 

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