<p>Hospitalisations for Covid-19 are increasingly becoming dominated by senior citizens, although official data also points to certain anomalies such as children ending up in intensive care units (ICUs).</p>.<p>Out of 455 active hospitalisations in the city as of Tuesday night, the bulk (148 or 32%) are those aged 60 and above, followed by 104 individuals (22.8%) who aged between 41 and 60. A further 98 hospitalisations were among people aged 19 to 40.</p>.<p>But the remaining 10 cases include children aged 0 to 18. Among these were three children in the ICU.</p>.<p>Dr Thrilok Chandra, Special Commissioner (Health), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), said all paediatric cases have serious comorbidities, which complicated their conditions.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/bengalurus-covid-care-centres-remain-empty-with-falling-daily-caseload-1076736.html" target="_blank">Bengaluru CCCs remain empty with falling daily caseload</a></strong></p>.<p>“Two of the children in an ICU bed are aged 14 and 17 and both suffer from chronic kidney disease. The third child, a nine-year-old with acute appendicitis, is in an ICU-ventilator bed,” Dr Chandra said, specifying that routine testing had uncovered the positive cases.</p>.<p>“The discovery of Covid-19, in their case, happens to be 'incidental' as it is with so many cases of hospitalisation that we are coming across,” he added.</p>.<p>Curiously, the data also pointed to two adult individuals who had been in a general bed for over 21 days.</p>.<p>The BBMP said this is due to the fact that both cases had stepped up to a High-Dependency Unit bed before recently being stepped down back to a general bed.</p>.<p>“They suffer from severe comorbidities or other health conditions,” Dr Chandra said.</p>.<p><strong>BBMP data </strong></p>.<p>Meanwhile, in a review meeting held on Wednesday on the current situation, BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta said Covid admissions contributed only about 1.8% active cases.</p>.<p>“It has been instructed to closely monitor ICU admissions. Critical bed admissions samples will be sent for genomic sequence. At present, all such samples are closely monitored,” he said.</p>.<p>The BBMP also added the average duration of hospitalisation is between five to seven days. Out of some 4,001 hospitalisations that happened between January 17 and February 1, approximately 10% are said to be paediatric hospitalisations.</p>.<p>Some 25% of all adult hospitalisations go into general beds, with another 34% going into HDU beds, as per BBMP data.</p>.<p>“About 60% of hospitalisations are people who have been vaccinated at least once,” Dr Chandra said.</p>.<p>“About 40%of ICU cases are also vaccinated at least once or twice. It is possible that most ICU cases are people with the Delta variant.”</p>.<p>Some 126 of these active hospitalisations were discharged on Wednesday, bringing hospitalisation numbers down to 329.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Hospitalisations for Covid-19 are increasingly becoming dominated by senior citizens, although official data also points to certain anomalies such as children ending up in intensive care units (ICUs).</p>.<p>Out of 455 active hospitalisations in the city as of Tuesday night, the bulk (148 or 32%) are those aged 60 and above, followed by 104 individuals (22.8%) who aged between 41 and 60. A further 98 hospitalisations were among people aged 19 to 40.</p>.<p>But the remaining 10 cases include children aged 0 to 18. Among these were three children in the ICU.</p>.<p>Dr Thrilok Chandra, Special Commissioner (Health), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), said all paediatric cases have serious comorbidities, which complicated their conditions.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/bengalurus-covid-care-centres-remain-empty-with-falling-daily-caseload-1076736.html" target="_blank">Bengaluru CCCs remain empty with falling daily caseload</a></strong></p>.<p>“Two of the children in an ICU bed are aged 14 and 17 and both suffer from chronic kidney disease. The third child, a nine-year-old with acute appendicitis, is in an ICU-ventilator bed,” Dr Chandra said, specifying that routine testing had uncovered the positive cases.</p>.<p>“The discovery of Covid-19, in their case, happens to be 'incidental' as it is with so many cases of hospitalisation that we are coming across,” he added.</p>.<p>Curiously, the data also pointed to two adult individuals who had been in a general bed for over 21 days.</p>.<p>The BBMP said this is due to the fact that both cases had stepped up to a High-Dependency Unit bed before recently being stepped down back to a general bed.</p>.<p>“They suffer from severe comorbidities or other health conditions,” Dr Chandra said.</p>.<p><strong>BBMP data </strong></p>.<p>Meanwhile, in a review meeting held on Wednesday on the current situation, BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta said Covid admissions contributed only about 1.8% active cases.</p>.<p>“It has been instructed to closely monitor ICU admissions. Critical bed admissions samples will be sent for genomic sequence. At present, all such samples are closely monitored,” he said.</p>.<p>The BBMP also added the average duration of hospitalisation is between five to seven days. Out of some 4,001 hospitalisations that happened between January 17 and February 1, approximately 10% are said to be paediatric hospitalisations.</p>.<p>Some 25% of all adult hospitalisations go into general beds, with another 34% going into HDU beds, as per BBMP data.</p>.<p>“About 60% of hospitalisations are people who have been vaccinated at least once,” Dr Chandra said.</p>.<p>“About 40%of ICU cases are also vaccinated at least once or twice. It is possible that most ICU cases are people with the Delta variant.”</p>.<p>Some 126 of these active hospitalisations were discharged on Wednesday, bringing hospitalisation numbers down to 329.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
