Bengaluru: Karnataka saw a 21 percent reduction in the use of medical oxygen at the end of August compared to July-end, although nine districts reported increased consumption.
During the peak of the second wave of pandemic, the state requires more than 1,000 million oxygen every day.
This difficult phase is marked by shortcomings, crying for assistance from the family of Covid-19 patients and struggles for oxygenated beds in hospitals.
Since then, things have increased and oxygen requirements have consistently fall.
According to data from the state oxygen management team, Karnataka consumed 13MT oxygen at the end of August compared to 170MT in July-end.
But consumption increases in the BELOGIVI, Dakshina Kannada, Kalaburagi, Kodagu, Koppal, Mandya, Raichur, Tumakuru and the Udupi District.
Cumulatively, nine districts saw 50 percent rise in use at the end of August compared to the level by the end of the previous month.
Indicates that this is a border district, officials blame the case of abundance of Covid-19 as a reason for higher oxygen requirements.
The highest increase was seen in Koppal (0.4MT to 7.3mt) because of the very low basic number.
Dakshina Kannada, MySuru and Batawayavi are one of the top five districts with the most consumption at the end of August.
The situation in Bengalaurute BBMP limit, which has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the state, continues to consume the highest amount of oxygen despite a decrease of 31 percent, which is better than the country’s average.
While the city needs oxygen 51.4 million at the end of August, down from 74.2MT, Urban Bengaluru Regency, excluding city limits, only requires 0.2MT, down from 2.2MT.
The number of oxygenated beds was occupied by Covid-19 patients within the boundary of the BBMP, on September 4, also at low compared to May, while waiting on several days reported as a whole number of beds as a whole.
Of the 1,220 oxygenated beds provided for Covid-19 patients in Bengaluru – high dependency units, icus and icus with ventilators – only 67 (5.5 percent) are occupied on Saturday.
As reported by the previous Stoi, in August, only 4 to 5 percent of cases in the city needed was all kinds of hospitalization because it was almost 9 percent at the end of June.
While lower demand for oxygen and bed is a good sign, experts emphasize that people and the government should not be complacent.