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These are among several young people without comorbidities who are succumbing to Covid-19 in the second wave in Andhra Pradesh. Severe infection and hospitalisation among the younger populace is a recent trend being observed across the state.
A 29-year-old youth working with the endowments department succumbed to Covid-19 in Kakinada on Sunday. A 15-month-old child passed away after battling Covid-19 for about a week in Visakhapatnam a few days ago.
A 27-year-old MBA graduate, who was on a job hunt, died of a severe infection of the disease in Srikakulam. A 23-year-old youth lost his life to the pandemic while waiting for hospital admission in Visakhapatnam about a week ago. In another case, a 27-year-old man died of the disease in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
These are among several young people without comorbidities who are succumbing to Covid-19 in the second wave in Andhra Pradesh. Severe infection and hospitalisation among the younger populace is a recent trend being observed across the state.
Even though the conventional wisdom says that the vulnerability to severe illness from the pandemic in the younger cohort is somewhat less compared to other age groups, the pandemic has cut short the lives of many in the 20–40 age-group in both first and second waves of the pandemic.
The number of young people requiring intensive care has risen sharply in the last two months. In the first wave, the disease predominantly affected the middle-aged and the elderly. But now the youth account for a major proportion of new cases reported in Andhra Pradesh. Some theories point to the mutations of the virus and increased transmittability.
Dr Deep Chand, president of Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors Association, said that the trend could be partly attributed to young people trying to manage the disease on their own. “A majority of the youth are resorting to self-medication before things become worse. They are only turning up to hospitals after the oxygen saturation dropped to as low as 80%. Any Covid-19 patient should seek proper medical guidance and be under medical observation. They can call government call centres for any assistance,” said Dr Deep Chand.
Dr Ramana Rao, who is involved in the Covid-19 medical services at a private hospital, said that several youth in their 20s and early 30s are getting hospitalised with a severe infection of the virus in the recent times. “The relaxed attitude and wait-and-watch approach might be making the disease worse. The mutants might have also been fuelling the surge in the infections. Youth should not feel that they are immune to the disease. They should seek immediate medical attention if they develop symptoms identical to Covid-19,” said Dr Ramana Rao.
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