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Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Rebecca Rose Varghese

Data | COVID-19 hospitalisations rise in Mumbai, Chennai

The number of COVID-19 cases has once again started to increase in India. The seven-day average number of infections rose to 4,500 on June 8 from around 2,100 a fortnight ago. Much like the previous waves, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bengaluru have recorded a large number of cases. Both​ Chennai and Mumbai have recorded a sharp spike in the number of hospitalisations. Data from GISAID show​​ that Omicron’s BA.2 sub-lineage may be responsible for the uptick in most cities. However, in Chennai, the latest increase coincides with a noticeable rise in the​ BA.5 sub-lineage. But given the small number of cases sequenced in every district, the data have to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Hospital bed occupancy

The charts show the types of hospital beds earmarked for COVID-19 and which were occupied in four cities. For instance, in Mumbai, the number of oxygen (O2) beds occupied increased from around 2 in mid-May to around 30 by June 8. Hover over the chart to find the exact figure

Chennai

Mumbai

Delhi

Bengaluru

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Variants of concern

The charts show India’s estimated cases (weekly average) by variant. The estimation is based on weekly genomic surveillance data deposited to GISAID. Only Chennai recorded a surge in BA.5 cases while Mumbai and Bengaluru continued to record an uptick in the BA.2 sub-variant.

Source: Hospitalisation data from @shananalla

GISAID data: Choudhary S (2022). covmuller: R package to perform modeling on virus prevalence data from GISAID. https://saketkc.github.io/covmuller, http://saket-choudhary.me/covmuller/.

Also read: Data | Will BA.2 lead to another surge in India?

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