Thane: Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is likely to study the pattern of a positive Covid case among the children for the next few days and therefore revised its pediatric facility in the parking lot of Plaza Field Hospital, the officials who were flaged from the ICU 50 Temporary Beds 50 beds with oxygen facilities have been operating in hospitals, along with adequate play areas and dining areas for nursing mothers.
However, there are fewer cases reported to the hospital, and the current ward is not inhabited, a senior official from the Ministry of Health.
“We constantly monitor infection numbers among children and are equipped to increase or decrease facility facilities if needed.
At present, there are Covid cases reported in children, but very little need for hospitalization.
We have made adequate arrangements To handle all emergencies that appear in the facility, “said a citizenship official, added that there was no reason to panic.
Dashboard Civic revealed that the volume of young patients in the age group of 0-10 years was 3.4% on February 3, which remained stable for the past week.
The volume of infection among this segment was 2.9% in January 2021.
Similarly, the age group 11-20 saw the volume of 5.7% last January, which increased to 6.9% on February 3, this year.
However, citizenship officials reject any cause of concern and justify the increase, especially in the 0-10 year segment, to increase awareness about testing.
“Initially, this age group was limited to the house and there was a little exposure outside, but gradually, this segment had begun to move out and could be infected.
There is no reason to panic,” said a senior official from the Civic Public Health Department.
Meanwhile, the daily count of a positive Covid case in Thane City has shrunk to 134 cases on Friday, with one death report, taking the fatality to 2,119.