Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra on Mondaysaid to bring down the death rate, people need to take extracare of senior citizens as they are more vulnerable to catchthe infection than others.
As per the Gujarat government's data, Ahmedabad has sofar reported 2,167 coronavirus cases. Out of these, 102patients have died.
An analysis of the data shows that the COVID-19 deathrate in the city is 4.71 per cent, higher than that in NewDelhi and Mumbai and the national average.
In Delhi, 54 coronavirus patients out of the total2,919 cases have died so far, which indicates the death rateof 1.85 per cent.
In Mumbai, the death rate is 3.77 per cent, as so far204 patients out of the total 5,407 cases have succumbed tothe disease.
Besides, total 26,917 coronavirus cases have beenreported in the country. Out of these, 826 patients have died,which indicates the mortality rate of 3.07 per cent.
The death rate in Ahmedabad is also higher than thatof Gujarat, where out of the total COVID-19 3,301 cases, 151patients, or 4.57 per cent of the victims, have died.
Nehra said the best way to bring down the death rateis to take extra care of senior citizens, as they are morevulnerable to catch the infection than others.
"I urge people to take care of senior citizens,especially those suffering from some kind of ailments. This isnecessary to bring down the death rate. Such citizens need tomaintain distance with family members, wear mask and neverstep out of their homes until the situation improves," hesaid. PJT PDGK GK