ICU bed occupancy nears last year’s high
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The variety of COVID-19 sufferers at present occupying ICU beds in hospitals throughout the State is slowly however certainly nearing the figures recorded in the course of the peak of the pandemic last 12 months.
On Friday, ICU bed occupancy by coronavirus sufferers within the State’s authorities and personal hospitals stood at 1,677. In August and September last 12 months, when the utmost virus instances had been recorded in Telangana, almost 1,350 to 2,300-plus ICU beds had been occupied.
While many individuals proceed to throw warning to the wind and don’t observe security norms, statistics point out that severity of the illness remains to be sending coronavirus-positive individuals to the ICU.
Senior officers of the Health division have reiterated that other than the battle in the course of the an infection, recovered sufferers are additionally affected by post-COVID problems, together with respiratory points.
COVID instances within the State peaked from August 24 and September last 12 months when 2,000-3,000 instances had been recorded each day. Then, the ICU bed occupancy ranged from 1,350 to slightly over 2,300.
From April 7 to 9 this 12 months, 2,000 to 2,900 individuals have been detected with the virus per day. ICU bed occupancy for the corresponding interval has remained between 1,300 and slightly below 1,700.
No disaster but
However, as per particulars within the day by day COVID bulletin, there is no such thing as a scarcity as 4,989 ICU beds had been out there in authorities and personal hospitals as on Friday.
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