Changing strains of the virus in the second wave of corona has led to a shocking increase in the number of cases and deaths across the state. This is because in the first wave the virus reaches the lungs five or seven days after it enters the body, in the current pattern the virus reaches the lungs directly on the second or third day after it enters the body. Not only does it reach the lungs, but it infects 50 to 70 percent of the lungs.
Still, within 24 hours of a patient having an antigen, RTPCR, or CT scan, the incidence of lung infections can reach 50 to 70 percent. Doctors believe that this is leading to an increase in deaths in the second wave. A pulmonologist says that when a person smokes 20 cigarettes a day for 20 consecutive years, the lungs can be damaged to the point that the virus can kill them in two to three days.
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Surat Civil are on oxygen 80 per cent patients undergoing treatment in Surat Civil Hospital are on oxygen. Whose RTPCR report has come positive. Most of these patients have not had a CT scan, as it is not possible to have a CT scan of more than 700 patients, but doctors say the patient is on oxygen only when their lungs are more than 40 percent damaged. And of the new patients admitted every day, 89 percent need oxygen. If 15 to 29 percent of the lungs are infected, the patient does not need oxygen.