New Delhi: With a high transmission of the omicron variant of Covid-19, India is likely to witness a sharp surge in the number of cases in the coming days, however, the right behavior and vaccination can help contain the spread of the disease, noting top health experts.
India reported more than 1.5 lakh Covid-19 lakh case for the third consecutive day on Tuesday.
The country reported 1,68,063 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and family welfare gave information today.
Speaking with Ani, Chairperson of the Covid-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTagi) Dr.
Nk Arora said, “The peak will depend on the transmission of the virus, and how well the community adheres to the corresponding behavior of covid.
If Covid norms are violated, peak Which is faster and higher it will likely Reach our peak in the near future.
But it will likely last for a few weeks before subside, “he added.
Asked about the type of variant of Covid-19 which was largely detected in the country in the middle of the ongoing third wave, Dr.
Arora said that with the behavior of the virus, it seems that this wave was driven by the Omicron variant.
“It seems that most cases of Covid reported in this country are now Omicron variants.
The initial experience of the genome supervision shows that from 10 days to two weeks, more than 90 percent of the virus circulated in big cities.
Like Delhi, Pune, Mumbai It is an Omicron variant.
Behavior, mild illness, everyone in the family is infected, it seems like a surge is driven by Omicron, “he said.
However, the expert added that the Delta variant responsible for the second wave of destruction in the country in April-May 2021 can still be found in several parts of the country where the Delta epidemic has already taken place.
“There will be some Delta cases also in areas where the Delta epidemic has been going on like some of the Tamil Nadu districts and regions in the northeastern state.
So in situations like this, we must focus more on treating omicron and management,” he said.
Speaking of deaths that occurred because Covid-19 in the country, doctors said that most deaths were associated with patients with comorbidity.
“Most covid deaths that occur every day are associated with comorbidity such as heart attacks, brain strokes or other problems.
But yes, there are some deaths that occur because of the virus.
But overall the situation is controlled,” he said.
“About 85 percent of the deaths reported came from people over 60 years,” Dr Arora added.
Meanwhile, the calculation of active Covid-19 cases in this country has reached 8.21,446.
A total of 4,461 cases of omicron coronavirus variants have been reported so far.
The country also witnessed 277 new covid deaths in the past 24 hours.
4,84,213 people have given up on infections so far.