Aggregated COVID-19 suicide incidences in India: fear of COVID-19 infection is the prominent causative factor. (Special articles on mental health and COVID-19.)

Many Indian COVID-19 suicide cases are turning the press-media attention and flooding in the social media platforms although, no particular studies assessed the COVID-19 suicide causative factors to a large extent Therefore, the present study presents 69 COVID-19 suicide cases (aged 19 to 65 years;63 cases were males) The suicide causalities are included as follows - fear of COVID-19 infection (n=21), followed by financial crisis (n=19), loneliness, social boycott and pressure to be quarantine, COVID-19 positive, COVID-19 work-related stress, unable to come back home due to lockdown, unavailability of alcohol etc Considering the extreme psychological impacts related to COVID-19, there emerges a need for countrywide extensive tele-mental health care services