Pune: The percentage of senior citizens who fell ill with Covid continued to increase in Maharashtra for the past 15 days, daily reports of medical education and the Narcotics Department (MEDD) has been shown.
Trends, experts said, worrying about the elderly more likely to get severe diseases.
They have asked to increase the focus on the health needs of this age group, especially those who have existing conditions.
“Despite having a relatively high young population, the Covid case continues to increase among the parents of the country, which may put pressure on health care infrastructure if they are not treated on time,” a senior health official, who asked for anonymity.
Coronavirus Live updated by state reports, Covid has affected 17% of the total population of the country in the 60-90 bracket age.
But when we broke 71.08 cases of Lakh Covid into age groups, around 42% of the total cases were in the 60-90 bracket, the report was stated.
“So, early monitoring of infected senior citizens, which are mostly in home isolation, is more important because they have a higher chance to develop severe Covid because of conditions such as diabetes and hypertension,” said the epidemiology of Amitav Banerjee.
Read Alsocovid-19: India reported a new 2.58 lakh case, 385 deaths; Omicron Tally at 8.209India on Monday reported 2.58 lakh new covid-19 cases, while active cases rose to 16,56,341 in accordance with the data of the Ministry of Health Union.
8,209 Cases of Omicron variants have been reported in 28 states and trade union areas.
Maharashtra has most cases Omicron with 1,738 Infectionsd Banerjee said, “Covid continues to cause a symptomatic or mild disease in young people while the elderly tends to get a more severe form of disease.
While this factor (has a younger population) can refute ‘third wave’ Until a certain extent compared to the West, we have diabetes proportions and hypertension that are not detected in our middle-aged population because these two conditions affect our previous decades of their Caucasian colleagues due to genetic and racial determinants.
“Read the targeted kit of Alsonewer Can help catch omicron QuickThere is an urgent need to use a new screening test that can specifically detect omicron variants in the shortest possible time to check the rampant abuse of monoclonal antibody shots.
Rahul Pandit, Director (Critical Care), Fortis Hospital LS, Mumbai, and members of the National Covid Task Force said, “The majority of patients who are susceptible to Covid are whose immune systems are weak and those who also have comorbidities, which formulate a population over the age of 50-60 years.
We need to protect it when the third wave is underway.
“Read the peak of Alsocovid has been achieved in Mumbai: Doctor of Task Force.
While the number of Covid-19 cases continued to fall for the third consecutive day in Mumbai, the daily toll road rose to two digits – 11 – after five months.
On Saturday, 10,661 The case was registered in Mumbai by opposing 11,317 on Friday.
On Sundays, the city tends to cross the Formost Mark 10-Lakh hospital that cares for patients in the ICU they also have a high number of elderly with comorbidity.
“Of the eight patients in our ICU, six Above 60.
All have a comorbid condition, “said the Head of the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital Intensivist Dr.
Prasad Rajhans.