Bhubaneswar: A total of 83,102 children in the age group 0-18 – are predicted to be more vulnerable as long as possible the third wave – has been found infected with Covid-19 since the beginning of the Pandemic in Odisha in March 2020.
However, there is no increase in infection between them in some The last day, said Health Authority.
Because the government began sharing infection data among pediatric age groups separately from Sunday, there were fears that developed among parents regarding the possibility of increases in cases in the age group under 18, which was not part of the ongoing vaccination drive.
“Data up to 18 years is being monitored separately to measure trends and intervene more early if there is a possibility of an increase in infection.
There is no trend that has increased so far,” said Jayant Panda, a medical professor at SCB Medical College and the hospital which is also an advisor Technical to the government in Covid-19.
Health authorities say while infection among the age group 0-18 is around 5% of the total cases in the first wave, it has been around 12% along the second wave.
Trends are more or less similar throughout the country.
Overall, infection between them up to 18 years is around 8.34% of a total of 9,96,153 cases in the state.
Given that the population below 18 in this country is around 1.1 crores, the percentage of infection is around 7.5%.
Arijit Mohapatra, a pediatric specialist, said there was no increase in children who were seeking care.
“While the number of children infected from the total cases remains low, the number of children who need hospitalization is much lower because the symptoms are less complicated and recovery is faster.
At least this is a trend so far even though we keep the finger cross.” Meanwile, 720 people found infected with On Tuesday, including 96 in the age group 0-18.
The lowest total infection since April 7 when 791 was found infected.
The government confirmed 68 deaths again, took the victim to 7021.