Bengaluru: All seemed well on the Covid battlefront in Karnataka till last week. But the series of deaths and a sudden spike in positive cases during the week has caused some anxious moments in government circles. The state’s average compounded daily rate growth rate of coronavirus cases over five days reached 7.4% exceeding the country’s average of 6%.
Also, of the eight deaths reported last week, five were Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) cases. It initially rang warning bells about the possibility of community transmission, but was ruled out as the government confirmed they were primary and secondary contacts of coronavirus patients and had not come under the radar of local authorities.
Since the six weeks that the first Covid-19 case was reported in Karnataka, the total count of confirmed cases so far is 388. Barring Kerala, the state is in a comfortable position in the absolute number of cases, compared to larger states like Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and rest of the southern states.
One of the major challenges before the government now is to control the deaths due to Covid-19.
After a meeting with epidemiologists on Friday, chief minister BS Yediyurappa said the government will focus on early detection of cases to prevent the number of deaths. “We have analysed that patients visit doctors on an average at least four days after they develop symptoms. They should report sooner,” he said.
The government has asked people with mild influenza-like symptoms to visit fever clinics and report at the earliest. There are about 450 fever clinics across the state including 90 in BBMP limits. In an effort to prevent mixing of Covid with non-Covid patients, the government has put in place an escalation matrix.
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