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Mumbai: Talking about the state, almost 78% of active cases are in hospitals, while 49% of patients are hospitalized in Mumbai as only fewer people are showing any symptoms related to Covid-19 infections. (Representational Image)
Mumbai: Amid a spike in coronavirus infection in Mumbai, municipal commissioner IS Chahal says that 80-85% of cases detected in the city presently are asymptomatic.
According to the
Times of India report, he said that out of 1,200 cases that were detected in the country s financial capital on Wednesday, 83% of cases were asymptomatic and none of them were critical.
The municipal commissioner has also asked the private hospitals to not admit any patients who do not have any Covid-19 symptoms.
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MUMBAI: As many as 80%-85% of the Covid-19 cases detected daily in the city at present are asymptomatic, municipal commissioner I S Chahal told TOI. On Wednesday, when the city saw almost 1,200 cases, 83% were asymptomatic and none were critical, he added.
Chahal has directed private hospitals not to admit any asymptomatic patient. Interestingly, in the state around 78% of active cases are in hospitals, whereas in Mumbai 49% are hospitalised.
The low hospitalisation numbers are being attributed to fewer people showing symptoms. But experts said this shouldn’t prevent authorities from preparing to scale up beds.
Doctors caution that one shouldn’t think any less of the Covid-19 virus looking at the high number of asymptomatic people. Intensivist Dr Kedar Toraskar, a member of the state task force, even questioned the data, saying it appeared “too high”. “They may have mild symptoms. The data collection must be reviewed,” he said, adding that a lo