The present comparative study was conducted at Civil Hospital Jalandhar for all postmortem examination cases in a period from 23/3/2020 to 3/5/2020 in curfew/ lockdown due to COVID-19 with 23/3/2019 to 3/5/2019. A total of 59 and 96 postmortems was conducted in the respective period. The study shows the percentage change in the cause of death during the period of curfew/lockdown when people stayed at home. In this study, it has been found that there is a 38.54% decrease in death cases whose postmortem was conducted in the lockdown /curfew period. There was about a 4% increase in death cases in males. Death-cases decreased in all age groups except between 31 to 50 years. Accidental death cases, including road traffic and railway, fell by about 22%, and poisoning/drug overdoses death cases decreased by about 7%;however, hanging cases increased by about 11%. © 2020, Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.
Impact of covid lockdown on autopsy cases: A comparative study