Lok Sabha Question No. 814 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Relief to Deceased COVID-19 Victims
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Lallu Singh, Tapir Gao

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

## LOK SABHA U NSTARRED QUESTION NO. 814 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## RELIEF TO DECEASED C OVID - 19 VICTIMS

## 814. SHRI LALLU SINGH: SHRI TAPIR GAO:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WE LFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people and doctors died across the country during the second wave of COVID -19, State/ UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government is formulating any scheme to provide relief to the families of these deceasedpersons; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR . BHARATI PRAVIN PAW AR )

(a) :State/UT wise number of deaths due to COVID - 19 for the months of March to June 2021 is at Annexure .

- (b)  &  (C): Life  insurance  benefits  are  being  provided  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kalya Package  (PMGKP):  Insurance  Scheme  for  Health  Workers  Fighting  COVID - 19.  The  scheme provides  a  comprehensive  personal  accident  cover  of  Rs.  50  lakhs  to  healthcare  provi including community health workers and private health workers drafted by the Gover nment for COVID - 19 related responsibilities, who may have to be in direct contact and care of COVI - 19 patients and who may be at risk of being impacted by it. The benefits under the said sche been extended for a further period of 180 days (w.e.f. 2 4.04.2021).

As on 15 th July 2021, a total no. of 921 doctors and healthcare workers have been p insurance claim @50 lakh each under the said scheme.

Annexure State/UT wise number of deaths due to COVID-19 for the months of March to June 2021

| S. No.   | State/UTs                           | Mar'2021   | Apr'2021   | May'2021   | Jun'2021   |
|----------|-------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands         | 0          | 6          | 47         | 14         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                      | 44         | 715        | 2,904      | 1,839      |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 0          | 3          | 56         | 53         |
| 4        | Assam                               | 12         | 177        | 2,019      | 1,209      |
| 5        | Bihar                               | 32         | 906        | 2,624      | 4,479      |
| 6        | Chandigarh                          | 28         | 86         | 280        | 63         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                        | 298        | 4,181      | 4,704      | 422        |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 0          | 2          | 0          | 0          |
| 9        | Delhi                               | 107        | 4,756      | 8,379      | 820        |
| 10       | Goa                                 | 35         | 317        | 1,479      | 423        |
| 11       | Gujarat                             | 101        | 2,500      | 2,805      | 241        |
| 12       | Haryana                             | 100        | 971        | 4,103      | 1,196      |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                    | 50         | 415        | 1,667      | 350        |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                   | 34         | 263        | 1,617      | 446        |
| 15       | Jharkhand                           | 25         | 1,427      | 2,437      | 136        |
| 16       | Karnataka                           | 215        | 2,765      | 13,373     | 6,250      |
| 17       | Kerala                              | 424        | 653        | 3,382      | 4,452      |
| 18       | Ladakh                              | 15         | 10         | 48         | 14         |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                      | 114        | 1,542      | 2,500      | 935        |
| 20       | Maharashtra                         | 2,330      | 13,563     | 26,859     | 26,960     |
| 21       | Manipur                             | 1          | 26         | 392        | 348        |
| 22       | Meghalaya                           | 2          | 19         | 395        | 267        |
| 23       | Mizoram                             | 1          | 3          | 24         | 54         |
| 24       | Nagaland                            | 1          | 8          | 263        | 130        |
| 25       | Odisha                              | 6          | 108        | 690        | 1,251      |
| 26       | Puducherry                          | 14         | 111        | 725        | 230        |
| 27       | Punjab                              | 988        | 2,096      | 5,523      | 1,601      |
| 28       | Rajasthan                           | 26         | 1,298      | 4,233      | 601        |
| 29       | Sikkim                              | 0          | 11         | 104        | 55         |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                          | 207        | 1,233      | 9,821      | 8,752      |
| 31       | Telangana                           | 63         | 564        | 1,002      | 388        |
| 32       | Tripura                             | 1          | 4          | 117        | 164        |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                       | 75         | 3,438      | 8,108      | 2,231      |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                         | 21         | 789        | 3,899      | 694        |
| 35       | West Bengal                         | 61         | 921        | 4,162      | 2,269      |
| Total    | Total                               | 5,417      | 45,862     | 120,770    | 69,354     |