Concerned over the increasing number of deaths, especially among those with comorbidities, despite a marginal decline in new COVID-19 cases, Karnataka will start monitoring all ICU patients through tele-ICUs. As of Wednesday, January 10, the State has recorded 27 deaths and 19 patients are under intensive care.
Announcing this after chairing the Cabinet sub-committee’s meeting held on Wednesday, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao told presspersons that specialists from Victoria Hospital affiliated to Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) will monitor critical patients.
The State’s Death Audit Committee that has so far audited a total of 21 deaths that have occurred since December 15 has concluded that only two of the fatalities are due to COVID pneumonia. A 40-year-old patient from Mangaluru and a 59-year-old woman from Mysuru, who were COVID positive and admitted with symptoms of SARI, are the two deaths that have been directly attributed to COVID. They had lung involvement with elevated inflammatory markers, according to the Death Audit Committee.
