JAIPUR: The state health department figures so far have proved the experts wrong who believed that the third Covid wave would affect children the most.
From January 1-19, Jaipur reported 35,669 Covid cases, of which 1,046 were children from 0-10 years.
This accounted for 2.9% of the cases reported in Jaipur. The most affected age group in the third wave remained the 21-30 group, which reported 9,936 cases.
While the state government has been focusing on strengthening healthcare facilities across the state for proper facilities of treatment for children anticipating that the third wave of Covid might affect more children, Jaipur Covid figures show almost similar percentage of children got infected in second wave comparing it with the ongoing surge in Covid cases.
In May 2021 (till 23rd) 2.8% of Covid cases were children in the age group 0-10 years. In April, it was 3% for the same age group. In 11-20 age group too, there is no major difference has been seen in percentage. In January 2022, just over 10% of the Covid cases in January were belong to 11-20 age group, while in April 2021, around it was 8.4%.
The city has been witnessing spike in Covid cases in January. A health department official said that they are taking measures to prevent mortality due to Covid.
