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Home / News / India News / Coronavirus: Look towards death toll, not cases, suggest experts
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    Coronavirus: Look towards death toll, not cases, suggest experts

    Shalini Ojha
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    Shalini Ojha
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    Last updated on Jun 14, 2020, 12:55 am
    Coronavirus: Look towards death toll, not cases, suggest experts
  • With a population of 1.3 billion, India's coronavirus tally is a little above 3 lakh, a number which has made the government happy. It has been reiterating that the lockdown and subsequent measures curtailed the transmission.

    But experts feel, too much emphasis has been given to cases when minimizing the death toll must be a priority now.

    So far, 8,884 have died.

  • In this article
    The spurt in daily death toll needs attention From testing, tracing, it's time to move to next stage Community transmission has started, people will test positive Other countries are taking a different approach towards the pandemic Undoubtedly, India is doing better as compared to other countries Another expert said people may have recovered unknowingly "Preventing deaths is the priority now" Lockdown should have been used to prepare health infrastructure PM Modi will hold two meetings with CMs next week Here is PM Modi's schedule
  • Details

    The spurt in daily death toll needs attention

    The spurt in daily death toll needs attention
  • Epidemiologists told Indian Express the number of deaths will give a clearer picture of where the pandemic is headed and judge whether states were successful or not.

    Since the outbreak, India has seen a steady rise in daily death numbers. For example, on May 11, 87 died. A week later on May 18, the death toll rose to 157.

    The numbers keep swelling.

  • Suggestion

    From testing, tracing, it's time to move to next stage

    From testing, tracing, it's time to move to next stage
  • Epidemiologist Dr. Jayaprakash Muliyil, who is the former principal of CMC Vellore, said it's important to lower the death toll by ramping up medical infrastructure. The focus must be on getting more oxygen beds and not testing, tracing, and isolating patients.

    "Many diseases have sub-clinical infections, we do not call them 'cases' when most people recover spontaneously without treatment," he explained.

  • Transmission

    Community transmission has started, people will test positive

  • Dr. Muliyil said community transmission has already begun in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai (despite ICMR declaring on Thursday that this stage is still afar).

    So, testing more people won't get us anywhere as many results will come to be positive.

    "By the time the whole thing is over, 60 crore will be infected. Counting that doesn't help us much, it only scares people," he added.

  • Quote

    Other countries are taking a different approach towards the pandemic

  • "Here we are counting COVID-19 cases and the numbers are looking impressive, whereas what many countries are doing is asking patients to stay home, come to hospital when they have breathing difficulty, check oxygen saturation in the car park and take a call," he said.

  • Deaths

    Undoubtedly, India is doing better as compared to other countries

  • At 2.86%, India's death rate is better. The infection fatality rate, which is the percentage of deaths among those exposed to the virus, not merely those who tested positive after RT-PCR examination, is also less.

    India's deaths per million (DPM) is 6.70, better than US' 351 and UK's 608. It only lags behind Singapore and Australia which have DPM of 4.

  • Statement

    Another expert said people may have recovered unknowingly

  • Another epidemiologist asked why attention was only being given to tracing and testing in Mumbai and Delhi. There could be people who may have contracted the infection and recovered unknowingly. Testing them is, hence, a futile exercise.

    Those who have a breathing problem must be spoken to and efforts must be made to ensure their condition doesn't deteriorate, he added.

  • Quote

    "Preventing deaths is the priority now"

  • "Spread the word that anybody with symptoms should quarantine, tell them when to come to the hospital, and prepare the hospitals. Preventing deaths is the priority now," the person added.

  • Lockdown

    Lockdown should have been used to prepare health infrastructure

    Lockdown should have been used to prepare health infrastructure
  • And Dr. Giridhara R Babu, who is the chief of Lifecourse Epidemiology at the Indian Institute of Public Health in Bengaluru said the lockdown period was meant to restrict the transmission and prepare the health infrastructure.

    The states which did so are handling the situation better, he added.

    "I can think of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka using the lockdown to prepare well," he said.

  • Meetings

    PM Modi will hold two meetings with CMs next week

    PM Modi will hold two meetings with CMs next week
  • On a related note, over two days in the next week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers, his sixth virtual meeting since Lockdown 1.0 started, to discuss opening up of economy among other things.

    The meeting will happen on June 16 and 17. CMs of worst-affected states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi were given a slot on the second day.

  • Twitter Post

    Here is PM Modi's schedule

  • PM @narendramodi will interact with state Chief Ministers on the 16th and 17th. pic.twitter.com/RWGeanxgHd

    — PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 12, 2020
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