‘Less deaths during pandemic year in Delhi’
The Hindu
2,495 more people died in 2019 as compared to 2020, says annual report
The number of deaths and births in Delhi fell during 2020, when COVID-19 hit the Capital, as compared to 2019, says the ‘Annual Report on Registration of Births & Deaths in Delhi-2020’ of the city Government.
A total of 1,42,789 deaths were registered in the city in 2020 as compared to 1,45,284 in 2019. The total number of births registered during 2020 was 3,01,645 as against 3,65,868 in 2019.
The ‘Sex Ratio at Birth’ has increased to 933 females per thousand males in 2020 from 920 in 2019. The Infant Mortality Rate, the number of infant deaths per thousand live births, fell to 20.37 in 2020 from 24.12 a year ago, says the report.
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