Bengaluru tops COVID-19 deaths per million, followed by Mysuru and DK
The Hindu
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Accounting for 5,382 of the total 13,759 COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka till April 21, Bengaluru Urban figures at the top of the mortality chart in the State with 506 deaths per million (DPM) population followed by Mysuru, Dakshina Kannada, and Dharwad at 341, 322 and 321 DPM, respectively. Bengaluru Urban has topped in mortality not only in absolute numbers, but also in DPM population based on Unique Identification Authority of India’s projected population figures as on December 31, 2020. An analysis of DPM population is considered to give a picture of the mortality in proportion to the population in a specific geographic region. Besides, Bengaluru Urban also accounts for 63% deaths in Karnataka during the four-week period between March 24 and April 21 of the second wave. Out of the 1,301 deaths occurring during the four-week period, a whopping 819, or almost two thirds, took place in Bengaluru against the 482 in the rest of the State.
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