COVID data missing in Karnataka’s weekly infectious disease reports due to technical glitch
The Hindu
Doctors said travel is recognised as a potential risk, as viruses can be transmitted during transit. Early diagnosis and treatment can help prevent complications and further spread of the viruses.
Although the State Health Department stopped COVID bulletins in November, and has started posting weekly infectious disease reports on its website, the reports do not have COVID-19 data.
After consistently releasing daily COVID bulletins for nearly 33 months, the Health Department stopped the daily updates on November 7. Instead, COVID data will be updated on the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) on a daily basis.
However, COVID data is missing in the five weekly reports that have been uploaded so far.
“As communicated by ICMR Director General on November 7, the details regarding COVID-19 testing and positive cases will not be available temporarily in the portal due to technical issues in the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) portal. States have been asked to establish their own system of collecting data. Currently, Karnataka is working on collecting testing data manually from all districts,” a senior official in the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) told The Hindu.
Sources said it may take six weeks for COVID data to be included in the weekly infectious disease reports. “Currently, Karnataka is reconciling testing and positive cases reports through ICMR’s covid19cc portal that is used by the sample collection centres to enter data,” the sources informed.
Meanwhile, hospitals are seeing a rise in patients reporting Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and influenza-like Illness (ILI), especially after travel. Doctors said travel is recognised as a potential risk, as viruses can be transmitted during transit. Early diagnosis and treatment can help prevent complications and further spread of the viruses.
According to the 48th weekly infectious disease report, 133 SARI and 46 influenza cases have been reported in Karnataka in the week ending December 3. Since November 6, a total of 642 SARI cases and 337 influenza cases have been reported in Karnataka. As many as 9,166 SARI and 3,463 influenza cases have been reported in Karnataka in 2023.
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