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Jharkhand advancing rapidly on health parameters, CM credits people

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Ranchi, Feb 9 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday expressed happiness over Jharkhand emerging as one of the top three large states in the country in terms of annual incremental performance on health indicators of the NITI Aayog.

“We are committed to provide best health services to people of the state. We appreciate the efforts of the Health Department for taking Jharkhand to the top…,” said the Chief Minister.

Giving credit for this achievement to the people of the state, he said the state government was dedicated to fulfil the idea of ‘Healthy Jharkhand’ and ‘Healthy India’ under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”

“Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh showed the maximum gains in improvement of health outcomes from base to reference year in indicators, such as neonatal mortality rate, under-five mortality rate, full immunisation coverage, institutional deliveries and People Living with HIV (PLHIV) on anti-retroviral therapy,” the “Healthy States, Progressive India” report said.

Jharkhand tops in the larger states by scoring 6.87 marks in incremental progress from the base to reference year.

However, the report noted that states that start at lower levels of development were generally at an advantage in notching up incremental progress over states with high health index scores. It was a challenge for states with high index scores to even maintain their performance levels.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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