City registers 11 coronavirus positive deaths in one single day
| Date :02-Aug-2020 |
Principal Correspondent :
122 new COVID-19 positive cases; 143 more persons recover
With average over 100 persons testing positive for novel coronavirus daily, and at least one death is being witnessed, one can imagine how seriously everybody should look at this dreaded virus. On Saturday, on one single day, the city registered not one, not two but 11 deaths due to COVID-19. With these many deaths, the cumulative number reached 94. According to the information officer, total 13 deaths occurred, including one from Nagpur rural and one is out of Nagpur district.
A 50-year-old woman, resident of Wathoda road, passed away at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) after testing positive for coronavirus. Another woman resident of Minimata Nagar also 50-year-old passed away. She had tested positive for corona. A 80-year-old man from Kelibag road, Mahal, died of cardiac ailment had tested positive for coronavirus. A 90-year-old woman resident of Somwari passed away due to cardiac arrest after she tested positive for coronavirus. Also, two persons, residents of Nababpura, passed away.
Details of other deaths were not available. On Saturday, city registered 122 new coronavirus positive cases taking the cumulative number to 4,674 while 148 tested positive for coronavirus in Nagpur rural. With 143 becoming corona-free, the cumulative number of recovered persons reached 3,173. Of the total positive cases in Nagpur, samples were examined at virology laboratory at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) (76), Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) (56), private laboratories (42), National Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) (37), molecular diagnostic laboratory of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) (36), Centre for Zoonosis, Nagpur Veterinary College affiliated to Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (MAFSU) (8).
Asymptomatic Covid-19 positive patients can have home isolation
Principal Correspondent :
Most of the people are afraid of staying at a hospital if tested positive for coronavirus. There is a good news for such people if they test positive but are asymptomatic they can avail the option of getting isolated at home. Divisional Commissioner Dr Sanjeev Kumar has issued the guidelines. Now, Dr Sanjeev Kumar brought modified guidelines that say that all asymptomatic positive persons are advised for home isolation in case if someone voluntarily opts for facility-based isolation then he should be referred to the Covid Care Centre.
Before home isolation of all high risk Covid-19 positive patients, viz; elderly and comorbid, they should be examined thoroughly by a medical officer and if deemed necessary then only they can be sent for home isolation. Before home isolation, all positive patients should be oriented about protocol of home isolation and medication. Contact details of such patients sent for home isolation should be communicated to respective administration authority, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Collector Office, at the earliest. All home isolated patients should be encouraged for regular self-monitoring in terms of measuring SPO2 and other symptoms. Wherever self-monitoring is not possible, monitoring of such patients should be done by respective authority like NMC in city and District Collector in rural area.
The Divisional Commissioner in the guidelines says that private facilities will conduct antigen testing and report all on the portal of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). They should purchase the antigen test kits from Collector Office and ensure that cost to patient for the test should not exceed more than Rs 700 per test. This guideline was issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare long back and it was also accepted by the Department of Public Health, Maharashtra.
The guideline was not implemented at Nagpur. Finally, Divisional Commissioner issued the guidelines as Tukaram Mundhe, Municipal Commissioner, felt that people might not follow it and may misuse the same. His fear was not wrong as it is being observed all over the city how people are flouting the norms of social distancing. Those who have recovered from the infection have started roaming in the city. At the same time with increase of patients it has become difficult for hospitals to manage them. Administration first came out with an idea to put positive asymptomatic patients in Covid Care Centres and asked non-positive close contacts to stay at home.