As of 16th of April, the city of Bengaluru has recorded 76 cases of the novel coronavirus out of which 35 have been discharged following their recoveries. Compared to other global cities, Bengaluru is faring well in combating the COVID-19 crisis.
Until the afternoon of April 15, the city of New York has recorded 2,03,377 cases of coronavirus. The Hubei Province of China where Wuhan is located has reported 67,803 cases. The city of Madrid in Spain, which is a global hotspot, has seen 48,048 cases. Back home, in India, the metropolitan cities of Delhi and Mumbai have seen 1,516 and 1,756 cases respectively.
The comparison also stems because, like the above-mentioned cities, Bengaluru also sees a massive influx of outgoing and incoming people from abroad and it is considered the Information Technology Hub of India. Compared to other global cities, Bengaluru has a handful of cases i.e. 76. Bengaluru reported its first case on the 9th of March and recorded its highest daily increase of 36 on the 16th of April. However, Karnataka has carried out lesser tests in comparison. It has carried out 184 tests per million that is lesser than the country’s average of 192 per million.
Most infected are the young
The city’s recovery rate of COVID-19 is higher than that of the other two major cities in the country – Delhi, and Mumbai. While Delhi has seen only 3 percent recoveries, Mumbai is slightly better at 10 percent.
According to the age-wise data released by the government, the majority of the people who have been infected with the coronavirus have been young, in the bracket of 20-29 i.e. around 20 patients. More than half of them have already recovered. Only 11 patients belong to the senior citizen category. While four people belonging to the age group of 60-69 have made recoveries, all the three deaths in the city belong to the same age group.
Even in terms of the source of infection, the city has been faring well. Over 48 percent of patients have returned from abroad, 25 percent are the primary contacts of a positive case, 10 percent are those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat and 14 percent are people having Severe Acute Respiratory Illness. Only one healthcare worker has been infected so far.
Source: The News Minute
