Bengaluru: With a surge in Covid cases, there is a gradual increase in fatalities in the state.
In the past two weeks, there were 83 deaths.
Between January 8 and 14, there were 49 deaths, compared to 27 between January 1 and January 7, Saturday, the state reported seven deaths.
Most of these deaths, 48 (nearly 58%) came from Bengaluru, including two at home.
According to the Ministry of Health’s authority, most of the victims have comorbidity or have serious health problems, and covid’s participants are only incidental in these cases.
KV Trilok Chandra, Special Commissioner, BBMP, said it was related to two men aged 34 and 37 who died recently in Bengaluru, Covid incidental.
“They both suffer from chronic kidney disease.
While someone is vaccinated in part, the others are not vaccinated at all,” he said.
In addition, some patients with severe diseases have delayed seeking.
“Although the overall number of these cases has been reduced, in some cases, the receipt data shows them late.
We need to see the details of each case” he added.
A young victim was a 29-year-old woman from Mysuru who died on January 14, after two days in private hospital.
He suffered from chronic kidney disease and he had also tested the positive Covid, said Dr.
Bh Prasad, District Health Officer, MySuru.
After Bengaluru, the highest number of cases has been reported from MySuru, which currently has more than 3,000 active cases.
On Friday, the country witnessed the death of a 6 year old girl from Mysuru.
He suffered pyogenic meningitis or brain fever along with covid pneumonia.
He also suffered with septic shock.
Experts say some people ignore the worsening symptoms.
“It is mistaken that everyone is infected with Omicron and has a mild infection.
Dropping oxygen saturation and shortness of breath should not be ignored.
Even two years enter a pandemic, we see patients ignore important signs of deterioration,” said Covid Technical Expert Committee members.
According to Dr.
Anoop Amarnath, Geriatrician, a member of the critical care support team for Covid management in the state government, there is usually a delay between the increase in the level of publication and the increase in mortality and which seems to occur now.
“The Delta variant has not been lost and the clinical features are still visible on the ground,” said Dr Amarnath.
He added that some patients suffer from severe cytokine storms or hyperactive immune responses.
Dr Amarnath said a 90-year-old man who recently gave up on Covid in Bengaluru, had suffered a cytokine storm.
“The majority of cases continue to increase in the first 4-5 days in accordance with the omicron strain features.
However, we should not think that each case is Omicron.
Objective assessment rather than estimated assessment is needed.
Fever is not reduced by paracetamol, and the level of oxygen saturation falls Under 94% must be seen as a warning sign and such a patient must seek the earliest reception, “he added.
83 Covid deaths for more than 15 days in Karnataka
