Understanding COVID-19 – situation and effects – numbers from remote, rural Odisha
NEWSBy GV News Desk
10 June 2021
Gram Vikas had taken up its response to the second wave of COVID-19¸ in early May. Work on ground was taken up on ground during May 2021. Details of progress of the work till 07 June can be seen here.
Field level assessment
Gram Vikas conducted a second round of field assessments in the operational villages to get an understanding of the situation. We had done the first round during 20-30 April; the second round was conducted during 20-30 May 2021.
The assessment was carried out by field level personnel of Gram Vikas. Information was obtained from key informants in the villages – leaders of village institutions, elected representatives, village-level volunteers and frontline workers.
The results of the assessment, with a comparison with the numbers between the two rounds is presented below.
Coverage of the assessment
The districts covered in the assessment are Gajapati, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar and Sundergarh.
| May Assessment | April Assessment | |
| Districts | 6 | 6 |
| Blocks | 21 | 16 |
| Gram Panchayats | 72 | 55 |
| Villages | 281 | 246 |
| Households | 15,595 | 14,864 |
| Population | 70,178 | 66,888 |
Incidence of COVID-19, Deaths and Vaccination
| May Assessment | April Assessment | |
| Gram Panchayats | 64 | 55 |
| Villages | 240 | 246 |
| Households | 13,563 | 14,864 |
| Population covered | 61,034 | 66,888 |
| Number of persons tested COVID positive | 263 | 34 |
| Total deaths reported during April and May | 83 | Not collected |
| Deaths reported due to COVID | 10 | Not collected |
| Number of persons reporting COVID-like symptoms | 780 | 1,086 |
| Persons vaccinated | 9,508 | 6,619 |
| % of population vaccinated | 15.58% | 9.90% |
Information about migrant workers
| May Assessment | April Assessment | |
| Gram Panchayats | 63 | 36 |
| Villages | 243 | 192 |
| Households | 13,374 | 11,388 |
| Number of households with migrant workers | 1,981 | 1,382 |
| Number of returned migrant workers | 462 | 165 |
| Return due to job loss/fear of job loss | 163 | 22 |
| Return due to fear of COVID | 174 | 96 |
| Migrant workers vaccinated at destination | 69 | 47 |
| Migrant workers vaccinated after return | 24 | 0 |
| Total migrant workers vaccinated | 93 | 47 |
| % of migrant workers vaccinated | 20.13% | 28.48% |
Information about households with specific vulnerabilities
| May Assessment | April Assessment | |
| Gram Panchayats | 72 | 45 |
| Villages | 274 | 208 |
| Households | 15,595 | 13,079 |
| Women headed households | 1,545 | 1,434 |
| % of Women headed HHs | 9.91% | 10.96% |
| HHs with only aged people | 898 | 601 |
| % of HHs with only aged people | 5.76% | 4.60% |
| Households without PDS card | 878 | 638 |
| % of households without PDS card | 5.63% | 4.88% |
| Households with AAY card | 1,121 | Not collected |
| Households with no income earning member | 801 | 818 |
| Households without MGNREGS job card | 1,586 | 990 |
| Households reporting no work under MGNREGS in April/May | 5,817 | 5,147 |
| % of Households reporting no work under MGNREGS | 37.30% | 39.35% |
| Number of households dependent on artisanal livelihoods | 585 | Not collected |
| Number of severely malnourished children | 220 | Not collected |
Information about children
| May Assessment | April Assessment | |
| Gram Panchayats | 30 | 46 |
| Villages | 261 | 216 |
| Total number of school going boys | 3,511 | 3,702 |
| Total number of school going girls | 3,184 | 3,570 |
| Number of Highschool boys | 1,897 | 1,522 |
| Number of Highschool girls | 1,703 | 1,411 |
Purnima Devi from Silam village of Raidih block, Jharkhand taking the first dose of vaccine during the vaccine campaign in her village.
Photograph by Sumati Devi
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