Lok Sabha Question No. 658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Death Cases of COVID-19 in Kerala
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: N.K. Premachandran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 658 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2022

## DEATH CASES OF COVID-19 IN KERALA

## † 658.  SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

Will the MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- a) whether  the  Government  has  maintained  any  data  on  the  deaths  during  the  pandemic owing to COVID-19, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- b) the details of number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Kerala before the verdict of Supreme Court  regarding  the  criteria  fixed  to  register  COVID  deaths  in  the  country  including Kerala in this regard;
- c) the details of the compensation given to the deceased person/their family who have died due  to  COVID-19  in  Kerala  along  with  the  reasons  for  the  delay  in  disbursing  such compensation to them;
- d) whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  directions  to  the  States  to  expedite  the disbursement of compensation for family of the deceased; and
- e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE ( DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (e):  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  maintains  data  on  COVID-19  deaths  as reported  by  States.  A  total  of  5,30,633  deaths  due  to  COVID-19  have  been  reported  by States/UTs in the country as on 6th December 2022. Details of deaths reported by States/UTs is at Annexure.

Hon'ble Supreme Court had issued orders regarding the criteria fixed to register Covid-19 deaths on 30 th June 2021. The total deaths as reported by the State of Kerala as on 30 th June 2021 was 13093.

As  per  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court's  directions,  NDMA  has  issued  guidelines  for  Ex-gratia assistance  to  next  of  kin  of  the  deceased  by  Covid-19  on  11 th September  2021.  States  are accordingly sanctioning Ex-Gratia to the eligible families.

The  guidelines  issued  by  NDMA  has  recommended  States/UTs  to  settle  all  claims  within thirty  days  of  submission  of  required  documents,  subject  to  cause  of  death  certified  as COVID-19.

## Cumulative number of deaths due to COVID-19 as, reported by States/UTs

## . (as on 06.12.22)

|   S. No. | Name of State / UT                       |   No. of Deaths |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |             129 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                           |           14733 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |             296 |
|        4 | Assam                                    |            8035 |
|        5 | Bihar                                    |           12302 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                               |            1181 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                             |           14146 |
|        8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |               4 |
|        9 | Delhi                                    |           26519 |
|       10 | Goa                                      |            4013 |
|       11 | Gujarat                                  |           11043 |
|       12 | Haryana                                  |           10714 |
|       13 | Himachal                                 |            4213 |
|       14 | Jammu and Kashmir                        |            4785 |
|       15 | Jharkhand                                |            5331 |
|       16 | Karnataka                                |           40303 |
|       17 | Kerala                                   |           71504 |
|       18 | Ladakh                                   |             231 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                              |              52 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                           |           10776 |
|       21 | Maharashtra                              |          148407 |
|       22 | Manipur                                  |            2149 |
|       23 | Meghalaya                                |            1624 |
|       24 | Mizoram                                  |             726 |
|       25 | Nagaland                                 |             782 |
|       26 | Odisha                                   |            9205 |
|       27 | Puducherry                               |            1975 |
|       28 | Punjab                                   |           19289 |
|       29 | Rajasthan                                |            9653 |
|       30 | Sikkim                                   |             499 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                               |           38049 |
|       32 | Telangana                                |            4111 |
|       33 | Tripura                                  |             940 |
|       34 | Uttarakhand                              |            7751 |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh                            |           23632 |
|       36 | West Bengal                              |           21531 |