NASHIK: The talk of more children catching contracting Covid infection in the third wave of the pandemic had earlier raised major concer n but it has not held true so far.
In the ongoing third wave of the pandemic, as many as 946 children aged up to 12 years in both Nashik city and rural Nashik have been detected with the infection so far, according to the data provided by the district health department.
Of these 946 children detected with Covid, only eleven had been hospitalised.
At present, only one child is in hospital. A bulk of the cases were reported from Nashik city. “In most cases, children recover with their stronger immune power in three days,” Dr Pankaj Gajare, pediatrician at Nashik civil hospital, said.
The total 946 cases make up for less than 5% of the total 19,512 Covid cases reported since December 31. As against this, at least 5% children were infected in the previous two waves.
In the first wave, 6,108 children caught the infection, making up almost 5. 2% of the total covid cases in the district. In the second wave, 7,682 children tested positive, making 5. 1% of the total cases.
