Amid steady drop in Covid cases in the city, doctors said that most hospitalisations during this wave are incidental, wherein the patients were admitted  for some other reason and were found to be positive.

“Many of the indoor patients are those who were admitted for other ailments (e.g. cardiac, liver, kidney problems or surgical complaints) and are incidentally detected as positive for SARS-CoV-2 while in the hospital. Pregnant women, too, are getting admitted, but mainly for pregnancy related issues and are largely asymptomatic from Covid point of view,” said Dr Mala Kaneria, consultant, department of Infectious Diseases, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre. She added that most of the Covid admissions are of individuals with other comorbidities, who are mildly symptomatic, and that many of the patients do not even require oxygen.