New discharge policy to thwart black fungus
New discharge policy to thwart black fungus
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: May 27, 2021, 06:00 IST
Health Minister
Dr K Sudhakar said on Wednesday that a new discharge policy and guidelines for post-covid precautions for
recovered covid patients will be formulated. After meeting experts to discuss the containment of the
black fungus infection, the minister said that it has been found that administering
steroids during the first week of
covid treatment is one of the main causes of the black fungus infection. He added that steroids should be administered only during the second week of the treatment.
May saw the peak and the slide of C+ cases
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: May 25, 2021, 06:00 IST
During the first 21 days of this month, the highest fatalities were recorded on May 10
May saw the maximum number of covid fatalities in Bengaluru. Till May 21, 4,284 people had died of covid (This data is sourced from Bruhat
Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) which reflects the daily data as opposed to the
health department’s bulletin which doesn’t reflect the daily data due to the inclusion of backlog cases).
Out of 4,284 victims, 15 per cent of them died at home, while 2 per cent breathed their last on their way to the hospital and the rest 83 per cent (3,542) died in hospitals due to health complications. During the first 21 days of this month, the highest fatalities were recorded on May 10 when 306 hospitalised
Bengaluru reached its covid peak on May 6
Bengaluru reached its covid peak on May 6
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: May 24, 2021, 06:00 IST
war room data
There have been many predictions about the progress of the second phase of the covid pandemic. With the daily covid cases declining, the question on everybody’s mind is: have we crossed the peak? If yes, when was it?
Peak week
An analysis of covid data from the Bruhat
Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike War Room shows that between March 27 to April 2, 16,893 cases were reported in Bengaluru which rose to 1,41,115 between April 24 to 30.
Between May 1 and 7, 1,51,722 cases were reported. Since then, there has been a decline in daily cases. In the week between May 15 and 21, 74,532 cases were recorded.
10,00,000
Outside Victoria Hospital, workers wait for the jab
Or, ten lakh, equal to almost 8 per cent of the city’s population. That is the covid-19 figure Namma
Bengaluru is set to reach, very soon
B engaluru is all set to become the second city in the country to cross 10 lakh covid cases cumulatively, shortly. With the total caseload of 9.83 lakh, the city may reach the grim milestone in a day or two if it continues to record cases at the current rate.
Bengaluru recorded 15,879 covid cases on Tuesday. The cases have been reduced due to low testing. So far, Delhi is ahead of Bengaluru with 13.3 lakh cases. With regard to covid deaths, Bengaluru with 8,690 deaths is at the fourth spot after Delhi (19,000), Mumbai (13,000) and
"There is no proposal before the government to impose a complete lockdown. We want people to strictly follow the regulations," he told reporters in Kalaburagi. He was reacting to a query on open defiance of lockdown at various places.