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BENGALURU: The ‘Bengaluru model’ of Covid-19 management has been praised nationally, but the recent spike in infections and deaths has compelled health officials to switch gears and rework their strategies.
Bengaluru’s Covid-19 fatality rate is 4.6 per cent as against Karnataka’s 1.2 per cent. The recovery rates are 45 per cent and 57 per cent, respectively. The ICU occupancy in the city is 6.1 per cent compared to 2 per cent state-wide.
The question worrying health teams is: will infections rise drastically in Bengaluru over the next few weeks? TOI spoke to several officials and experts to understand why cases had jumped.
Testing delays
The results of several tests, which had been delayed, arrived in a sudden burst, which contributed to higher numbers, a