Majority of Covid cases have mild symptoms, say experts as infection spikes again
New Delhi, August 4: As the number of Covid-19 cases have begun to rise yet again, an expert on Thursday asserted that the majority of cases have mild symptoms.
Senior Pulmonologist at Apollo Hospital in Delhi, Dr Nikhil Modi stated that the Coronavirus cases are definitely rising however symptoms are mild.
"The Covid cases are definitely on the rise, Delhi also reported more than 2000 cases yesterday. But most of the patients are having very mild symptoms," Modi stated.
Concerning the risk to those with comorbidities, Dr. Modi remarked, "Patients with 80 to 90 years of age with diabetes and other issues have been reporting to us but all of them have mild symptoms."
Dr Dhiren Gupta, a senior consultant at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, added that people who don't get tested themselves timely and don't follow COVID-appropriate behaviour land up with trouble.
"Some of the people don't follow COVID appropriate behaviour, people get them tested only when they land up in trouble," Dr Gupta stated.
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"The reasons for rising COVID numbers are reckless behaviour of people and not wearing masks. The changes in the weather also can be a reason," he added.
Dr Gupta further said that there are few deaths that have been reported, in which most of them died due to comorbidities rather than Covid infections.
"Most of the cases are mild and it is more like flu-like symptoms which we are seeing cough, fever and some sometimes high fever for two or three days. Symptoms are usually settling with the first five or in a week," he stated.
Dr Gupta went on to say that the coronavirus infection is not over yet, people who tested positive for the infection three months back are testing positive again.
Meanwhile, India on Thursday reported an uptick in the number of new Covid-19 infection as it recorded 19,893 cases in the last 24 hours.
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