HYDERABAD: The fever survey data indicates that there is only a 22% recovery rate amongst the symptomatic patients identified by health officials across the city.
Since January 21, District Medical and Health Office (DMHO) officials identified that there are 9,887 people showing Covid-related symptoms within Hyderabad district alone.
Out of these, 7,714 symptomatic patients are still being monitored by health officials. On Wednesday alone, 789 fever survey teams identified 1,849 additional symptomatic cases out of 44,016 houses visited.
In all, 2.5 lakh houses have been visited by a cumulative team count of 5,008. Regardless of the recovery rate indicated by the survey, officials point out that there hasn’t been any dangerous trend in Covid deaths in the city.
“The third Covid wave has shown only mild symptoms amongst people testing positive even if it takes a little longer in recovery,” a senior DMHO official said.
