Chennai: Death because Covid-19 makes the climbing slow and steady in the state because new cases continue to increase.
Public health experts have put three groups of people on the red warning list – elderly people who are not vaccinated with comorbid conditions, nearly 15% of covid patients infected with Delta variants, and young people who ignore symptoms.
Nearly 80% of the deaths reported in the past few days have been among senior citizens.
On Tuesday, 24 of the 29 deaths were among people over 60 years.
On Monday, it was 16 of the 20 deaths reported and on Sunday was 16 of the 22 deaths.
But almost 37% of senior citizens 1.04 crore (over 60 years) in the country – almost 39 lakh people – have not taken the first dose.
And more than half has not been fully vaccinated.
“The risk of hospitalization, acceptance and ICU’s death is very high among this group of people,” said Public Health Director Dr.
TS Selva Vinayagam.
“The elderly must take two prescribed doses and those with comorbid conditions must take additional prevention doses,” he said.
Although almost 85% of infected people have mild infections, no s-gen dropout pay attention to at least 15% of patients.
“Omicron variants, which are very transmitting, less severe because people only get mild symptoms such as coughing, cold and fever.
Respiratory infections are mostly bronchial, and the virus does not attack the lungs.
However, when some patients are infected.
With a Delta variant, they might be Requires Inpatient and Intensive Care, “said Director of Medical Education Dr.
R Narayababu, who heads a government-managed college hospital that functions as a tertiary care center.
Medical records show that whether patients are infected with deltas or omicrons, the level of acceptance to the intensive care center unit is higher among those who are not vaccinated and among the elderly and comorbid conditions.
Although viral infections so far are light among young people (age group 18-44 years), almost 2 of every 5 people in the age group are still not vaccinated.
Immunization wings say that from 3.2 crore people in the age group, only 1.87 were fully vaccinated.
“These people have a risk of having serious infections especially when they have comorbid conditions.
They can also increase the risk of infection in the community when they ignore the symptoms and fail to isolate themselves,” said Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.