The death toll climbed to 4,56,386 with 733 fresh fatalities including 622 from Kerala, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
With Karnataka adding nearly 30,000 fresh positive cases and 200 Covid deaths in the past 24 hours, the government on Monday imposed complete lockdown across the state from the night of April 27 to early hours of May 12 in its bid to control a spike in fresh infections. The 9pm-6am curfew, currently in force, will continue.
(This story originally appeared in on Apr 27, 2021)It was hailed as the emerging global hub for healthcare innovations and projected as the best destination for medical tourism. But the stark reality is that Bengaluru’s healthcare system is currently crumbling in the Covid-19 second wave.
At least 500-600 persons search desperately for ICU beds every day, furnaces in crematoria are on the brink of melting, doctors and data operators are exhausted and people have been reduced to psychological wrecks.
Though the state government on Monday announced a fortnight’s lockdown to stall the total collapse of medical infrastructure, the big question is: How did Bengaluru reach this breaking point?
Health workers from BBMP conduct Covid tests at Majestic bus stand.
BENGALURU: Experts fear that the city might report more than 6,000 Covid-19 cases daily by the third week of April, which could lead to a severe shortage of hospital beds.
Epidemiologist Dr Giridhara Babu warned that at the current rate, Bengaluru would see 6,500 cases every day by April 20. Even if 10 per cent of them require hospitalisation, the city’s health system will be overwhelmed in a few days. “We need action now, not tomorrow,” he said.
From March 28 to April 3, Bengaluru recorded 18,075 cases. Actives cases went up from 15,882 to 26,544 during the period. “The reproductive numbers of the virus in the past few days have increased. Maharashtra is finding it hard to drive out asymptomatic patients from hospitals to tend to the needy. The government must come up with a strategic plan,” he said.
(This story originally appeared in on Apr 05, 2021)Experts fear that the city might report more than 6,000 Covid-19 cases daily by the third week of April, which could lead to a severe shortage of hospital beds.
Epidemiologist Dr Giridhara Babu warned that at the current rate, Bengaluru would see 6,500 cases every day by April 20. Even if 10 per cent of them require hospitalisation, the city’s health system will be overwhelmed in a few days. “We need action now, not tomorrow,” he said.
From March 28 to April 3, Bengaluru recorded 18,075 cases. Actives cases went up from 15,882 to 26,544 during the period. “The reproductive numbers of the virus in the past few days have increased. Maharashtra is finding it hard to drive out asymptomatic patients from hospitals to tend to the needy. The government must come up with a strategic plan,” he said.