COVID second wave claims lives of 420 doctors, Delhi reports maximum death: IMA data
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday revealed that as many as 420 doctors across the country have succumbed to the Covid-19 infection during the second wave of the pandemic, and 100 out of these casualties have been reported from Delhi.
According to the state-wise data of IMA, the highest deaths have been reported from Delhi with 100 casualties, followed by Bihar (96), Uttar Pradesh (41), Gujarat (31), Andhra Pradesh (26), and Telangana (20).
The data also revealed 16 doctors succumbed to the infection in West Bengal and Odisha.
"Meanwhile, Maharashtra has witnessed the deaths of 15 doctors in the ongoing second wave of COVID-19," the doctors' association said.
The IMA COVID-19 registry also showed 748 doctors had died due to the disease during the first wave of the pandemic. IMA President Dr JA Jayalal said the IMA maintains a registry-based only on the input of its various branches across the country, reports PTI, adding that the maximum fatalities were reported from Tamil Nadu (91) followed by Maharashtra (81), West Bengal (71), Andhra Pradesh (70), Karnataka (68), and Uttar Pradesh (65).
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