Ahmedabad teen 2nd to die of Covid in two days
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Ahmedabad: The city on Sunday recorded the second death of a Covid-19 positive patient within two days. An 18-year-old girl from Vinzol area, who was admitted to LG Hospital with complaints of respiratory illness, succumbed to the viral infection Sunday night.
Meanwhile, Gujarat added 95 fresh Covid cases taking the total active cases to 397, according to data released by the state health department Monday. Of these, 22 are hospitalized
Dr Bhavin Solanki, medical officer of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, confirmed the death and said that known comorbidities for the patient included cardiac issues. "We received details from the hospital. There were reports of the girl being pregnant, but we are yet to verify it.
She had a hospitalisation period of about two days," he told TOI.
On Saturday, a 47-year-old woman from Danilimda, who was also admitted to LG Hospital, died due to health complications. In both cases, the authorities were silent on the cause of death. Experts, however, pointed at breathlessness and pulmonary infections as possible reasons for their demise.
It is notable that in this wave, more than 50% of the patients are below 50 years of age.
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In Ahmedabad, out of 140-odd cases, about 10% are below one year of age, said sources. The youngest patient was two days old, whereas another patient at Civil Hospital was eight months old, according to hospital data.
It is notable that Gujarat ranks fourth in the country in terms of active cases at 338. Kerala leads the tally with 1,435 active cases as at 8 am on Monday, followed by 506 in Maharashtra, and 483 in Delhi. Some other states with high cases include West Bengal at 331 and Karnataka at 253.
In 24 hours ending 8 am, Gujarat added 18 new cases, according to Covid dashboard of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). Since January 1, India has recorded 32 deaths related to Covid, according to the dashboard, including four in the past 24 hours.
TOI had reported earlier that the prevalent strains in Covid positive cases in Gujarat include LF.7 in four cases, and LF.7.9 and XFG each have three cases each out of 15 positive samples analysed in the state till last week.
Experts said that all are Omicron variants and so far, there has been no major threat associated with the variants with low morbidity and mortality across India.
"The double season this month has caused a rise in flu-like symptoms among patients. The symptoms of Covid are no different. Covid is endemic now, and there is no need to be alarmed with rise or fall in the number of cases reported. Majority of the patients do not show any major effect due to acquired immunity," said a city-based physician.
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