Amid a spike in the fatality rate over the last few weeks in Mumbai, the latest genome sequencing report of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revealed that COVID-related mortality is higher among unvaccinated patients.
According to reports, out of the 269 patients whose samples were taken for sequencing, 107 or 39.7 per cent were unvaccinated. Of these, five required admission in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) while three lost their lives.
On the other hand, among the eight patients who had taken one dose and 154 patients who were fully vaccinated, no death was recorded.
Moreover, the requirement of treatment in ICU was also found to be less among partially and fully-vaccinated patients. Only one patient who had taken both the doses of the vaccines needed admission in the ICU.
The civic body has been urging citizens, especially among the elderly with comorbidities, to take the vaccination and booster as well according to their eligibility. Highlighting on the need for getting vaccinated, civic officials stated that the severity of infection was much higher among unvaccinated patients. This group of patients also needed more time for recovery.
Meanwhile, mentioning the need to jab themselves, state COVID-19 task force explained that vaccines don’t provide shield against infection but lower the severity which contains the mortality rate. It has never been claimed that vaccinated people will never get infected. They provide immunity against severe diseases and mortality. However, if one gets infected, chances are that they will be asymptomatic or have minor symptoms.
Since the surge in COVID-19 cases and fear of the fourth wave, the civic body has been sending naso-oropharyngeal positive sample from hospitalised patients as well as people testing positive in dispensaries and laboratories for genome sequencing.
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