Of the 126 deaths, Bengaluru accounted for 41. Still, the death rate remains less than 0.1%, given the high number of fresh cases, and fewer deaths than the numbers during the second wave.
Some of the recent victims include a 40-year-old man from Mandya, who died at his residence on January 17. A 27-year-old woman from Mysuru, who was one of the youngest victims, died on January 17, three days after being admitted to the hospital. He had trouble breathing. A 38-year-old woman who died in Bengaluru on Friday had chronic kidney disease and high blood pressure.
On Thursday, a 43-year-old man, who was suffering from HIV and osteomyelitis of bone, succumbed to Covid in Bengaluru, while a 22-year-old woman, who contracted the virus while suffering from TB in lungs. had contracted. , in addition to anemia, succumbed.
While the state health and family welfare department is analyzing the vaccination status of the victims, the data is yet to be made available. But Dr Tanveer Ahmed, the nodal officer for COVID-19, the government-run Covid-19 hospital at Boring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bengaluru, said the deaths were largely among unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people, wholly Deaths have occurred between vaccinations. Very. Boring Hospital reported four deaths on Thursday and two on Friday.
Dr Ahmed said that most of those who died are in the age group of 70-80 and the treatment of related ailments like chronic kidney disease, chronic lung disease, uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension was complicated.
“We also noticed that some had delayed hospitalization,” Dr. Ahmed said. “They ignored the initial symptoms, and in some cases, the RTPCR test showed negative, as the active replication phase of the virus had passed at the time of testing. ,
He said, “Vaccination status alone cannot be used to judge the mortality rate of COVID-19 patients. There are related factors such as presence of comorbidities, age factor and late presentation in hospital. ,
While acknowledging the rise in deaths, Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare D Randeep said that the authorities have also noticed late admission (in hospital) in some cases. “The deaths of people below 40 years of age, who have been vaccinated and who do not have any co-morbidities, are almost nil. In 50% of the deaths, the discovery of Covid was incidental when the patients were being treated for some other comorbidity or related disorder,” Randeep said.
However, doctors are unanimous in saying that the third wave has not been as devastating as the second. “In the third wave there was one or another contributing factor for the death of the victims. In the second wave, even the youth who had no co-morbidities died. Most of the patients in the second wave died. The condition deteriorated rapidly, but now most of the cases are like normal influenza,” said Dr Ahmed.
Doctors also point out that the false narrative that the third wave is mild and “like the common cold” is potentially dangerous, especially for people with comorbidities who may be infected with the delta variant.
“It is not true that everyone is infected only with the Omicron variant,” said a doctor who treats Covid patients at another government hospital. “We are seeing cases of lung infections as well as Covid pneumonia. Some are still delaying testing and ignoring warning signs. They land in the hospital only when they have trouble breathing. ,
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