Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been secured fourth rank among the states in management of Covid-19 pandemic while Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh are at the bottom.
The findings were published by the research wing of State Bank of India.
Odisha was one among the top five states with lower fatality rate and higher recovery rate. The fatality rate and recovery rate stand at 0.56% and 98.6% against the national average of 1.45% and 95.2% respectively, the report said.
According to the report, the states were ranked on the basis of performance on three broad categories, Covid management, macro parameters (fiscal parameters and CPI) and Central Government schemes. For assessing Covid management, the researchers had used four indicators – gap between actual number of cases and estimated cases, possible number of underreporting cases, recovery and death rates.
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