PANAJI
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit where it hurts.
Around 17 families in the State have lost more than a loved one due to the dreaded infection.
It is more distressing that there are two such families that have lost 3 members from their family while 14 families are braving the loss of two of their dear ones.
A senior doctor who provided this information says, there may be more families who have lost more of their loved ones as data is still being collected.
Meanwhile, as per statistics available, the month of May has turned out to be the worst during the pandemic.
Fifty per cent of the total Covid deaths reported (1,200 people) in the State have occurred in just 23 days in May while during the period from March 2020 till April 2021 a total of 1,183 persons succumbed to the virus.
On an average, 40 persons died in these 23 days while 1,500 new patients were reported to have been infected with the virus every day.
In the month of April, 336 deaths due to Covid were recorded with the detection of 32,468 positive patients.
In the first 23 days of May, 55,408 new Covid positive patients had been identified while from March 2020 to April 2021 91,052 had been infected with the virus.
