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4 more Covid patients in state hosps takes tally to 14

1 2 3 Kolkata: The number of Covid-19 positive patients getting admitted to the hospital is gradually picking up. With fresh reports of four patients being treated for Covid surfacing on Tuesday, the number of admitted Covid-19 patients in Bengal now stands at least 14, all in city hospitals, apart from a child in Malda. Two women – a 66-year-old and a 50-year-old – who came to Manipal Hospital Broadway with respiratory distress along with other symptoms like fever tested positive. Sources in the Salt Lake hospital said that both of them have some comorbidity and hence they are being treated for their existing health conditions as well as Covid-19. "We got these positive cases in our lab after a gap of almost one year. Now that due to the reported uptick, testing is being recommended for symptomatic patients who have comorbidities," said microbiologist Shelly Sharma Ganguly of the Salt Lake hospital. A 72-year-old from the southern fringes of the city was rushed to Peerless Hospital on Monday with severe respiratory distress along with fever and a few other symptoms. Treatment started at the emergency isolation, and his swab samples were tested. On getting the positive result, the patient was shifted to the Covid-19 isolation ward. Doctors said that the patient requires oxygen support and he also has comorbidities. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Dubai villas | search ads Get Deals Undo "On our own, we have decided to test patients coming in with symptoms of SARI and ILI for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2. Even as there is no reason to panic, such testing will help us identify, especially in cases where the patient has other comorbidities," said microbiologist Partha Guchhait of Peerless Hospital. It is not only the aged with comorbidities who are testing positive for the virus. While at least two children, a 15-year-old and a nine-year-old, are getting treated at Peerless as well as Medical Hospital Kolkata respectively, a two-year-old child admitted to Malda Medical College and Hospital on Saturday was also found positive. Initially treated in the PICU, the Malda child was shifted to the ward on Monday. "This is the first Covid case this year. The boy is doing fine. There is no need for panic," said principal Partha Sarathi Mukherjee. Even as the health department is yet to issue any testing or treatment guidelines, hospitals have started testing symptomatic patients, especially those with comorbidities. "We have sent samples of two patients for testing at RN Tagore International Institute for Cardiac Sciences and we will get the result tomorrow. All symptomatic patients are being consulted and segregated for management under home isolation if possible, while severe cases will be admitted to the dedicated zones," said R Venkatesh, COO Narayana Health, East and South region. Health officials maintained there was no need to press the panic button as the situation is under control. "We are stepping up surveillance so that we can pick up clustering of cases at the earliest," said a senior health official.