Despite an increase in COVID-19 cases in the state during the last few days, the case mortality rate (CFR) has dipped from 0.7% during the last 15 days to 0.3% during the last 5 days.
Karnataka State COVID-19 War Room, sharing data from its performance review dated March 15, 2021, reported that a total of 5,868 cases were reported across the state in the last seven days, while COVID-19 had a duration of 28 during its death. The CFR here shows the proportion of people who died from COVID-19 among all individuals who tested positive over a certain period of time.
While the Bengaluru Urban reported a maximum of 20 deaths over a period of seven days, Mysuru and Dharwad districts accounted for two deaths each. Everyone died in Dakshina Kannada, Kalaburagi, Tumkuru and Bidar due to COVID-19, but no deaths occurred during this period in 23 districts of the state.
Positivity rate
While a total of 4.92 lakh tests including 2.58 lakhs were conducted in Bengaluru Urban in the last seven days, the positivity rate was 1.1%.
However, it shows a high rate of 1.8% with Kalaburagi and Bidar from one district to another, followed by 1.6% in Mysuru and Tumkuru, and 1.3% in Bengaluru urban and Dakshina Kannada. The lowest were reported from Haveri and Koppal, with 2 and 9 cases reported in the last seven days, respectively. Meanwhile, amid the increase, the number of active cases in the state had also gone up from a low of 5,501 on 26 April to 8,860 on 15 April.
ICU Number
The media bulletin released by the Department of Health and Family Welfare showed no increase in the number of active cases admitted to the ICU. The number of active cases admitted to the ICU increased marginally from 118 on 1 March to 15 March.
But, Giridhar Babu, an epidemiologist at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Bengaluru, who is a member of the Karnataka COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee, said that data needs to be carefully looked into in the background of closure in private hospitals. Government Quota Beds. “You will be able to know about admission in ICU only when patients come to government hospitals,” he said.
Stating that the number of people seeking admission to the ICU, particularly those with severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), has been reported in the past two weeks, Drs. Babu said that some private hospitals are refusing admission for COVID-19 patients, citing absence. Isolation facilities. He said, “There is no lack of shortages.”
Second wave
While there is no doubt that there was an increase in cases, a few more days of monitoring are necessary to conclude whether this was a temporary shift or the actual onset of the second wave. “We cannot rule out another wave. There is no dispute globally that there will be a second wave. It is only a matter of time, ”said Dr. Babu.
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