Coronavirus | Thiruvananthapuram bucks excess deaths trend

However, 1,196 ‘excess deaths’ reported in 2021.

Unlike other cities in India which registered an excess of deaths during the first and in the country, Kerala’s capital city Thiruvananthapuram recorded a decrease in overall deaths in 2020 and 1,196 “excess deaths” in 2021 (till May 2021), according to the data accessed by The Hindu via Right to Information. Compared to the pre-pandemic years (2015-2019) when the city municipal corporation registered an average of 16,652 deaths, in 2020 despite the pandemic, only 14,734 deaths occurred. If instead of averages, a year-by-year growth rate of deaths is considered, the city’s 14,734 registered deaths were lesser than the estimated 18,340 deaths in 2020. Also read |