Apart from upscaling testing and surveillance, the state health department has also increased vaccination centres and has ramped up vaccination in the recent days.
HYDERABAD: The middle and upper middle-class category of residents are more prone to contracting the virus during the ongoing second wave. Currently, around 5,000 patients are admitted at various private and corporate hospitals in the state, especially in and around the city, pushing bed availability to the brink.
“During the first wave, majority of the lower-class population already got affected. In the current wave, we are seeing more of middle-class and above getting affected. This is the reason we are seeing a large number of admissions in the private hospitals. Currently around 2,000 patients are admitted in government hospitals in the state while nearly 5,000 patients are in private hospitals,” said Dr G Srinivasa Rao, director of public health, Telangana.
Apart from upscaling testing and surveillance, the state health department has also increased vaccination centres and has ramped up vaccination in the recent days.
HYDERABAD: The middle and upper middle-class category of residents are more prone to contracting the virus during the ongoing second wave. Currently, around 5,000 patients are admitted at various private and corporate hospitals in the state, especially in and around the city, pushing bed availability to the brink.
“During the first wave, majority of the lower-class population already got affected. In the current wave, we are seeing more of middle-class and above getting affected. This is the reason we are seeing a large number of admissions in the private hospitals. Currently around 2,000 patients are admitted in government hospitals in the state while nearly 5,000 patients are in private hospitals,” said Dr G Srinivasa Rao, director of public health, Telangana.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (file photo)
Telangana witnesses surge in Covid cases, CM KCR says all necessary steps being taken to control spread ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 20:36 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 17 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday ordered the authorities to take all necessary steps to control the spread of coronavirus, which has been on a rise in recent days.
Telangana registered 247 new COVID-19 cases and 158 recoveries in last 24 hours, informed the union health ministry on Wednesday morning.
Rao, speaking in the assembly, said that the state has been witnessing a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases since last week. The number of cases of coronavirus has been increasing in the state for the last one week. We are taking all the necessary steps to control the situation in the state.