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More than 300 people were hospitalized over the weekend for unknown causes, but with common symptoms, Indian officials announced Monday. The patients had symptoms such as seizures, loss of consciousness, and nausea.
At least one of the hospitalized patients died as a result of cardiac arrest, and authorities are investigating this unknown disease that has affected the population of the city of Eluru, in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
The appearance of this disease occurs at the same time that India continues to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, being the second country with the highest number of infections worldwide and the State of Andhra Pradesh one of the most affected. However, Covid-19 was not the cause of the massive hospitalizations in recent days.
The number of patients started at 55 at midnight on Saturday and increased to 170 on Sunday morning. By the end of Sunday, hospitalizations had already risen to 270 and by midnight to 315. According to the authorities, there are still at least 50 more people hospitalized in private hospitals, for the same disease.
At least 180 patients have already been discharged from the hospital, the rest being hospitalized and their situation is considered stable.
“All the patients tested negative for Covid-19”Dolla Joshi Roy, the responsible authority for the Eluru district in West Godavari, told local press. “The recovery rate is good and there is no need to panic”he added.
According to a statement issued by health officials in the state of Andhra Pradesh, blood tests did not detect any viral infections, such as dengue or chikungunya, both caused by mosquito bites. Water samples were also collected from more than 57 thousand homes, since a common source of supply was detected in all the patients.
Experts from the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences and a neurologist from another state have also traveled to Eluru for further neurotoxic tests and are now awaiting the results.
Andhra Pradesh’s head of government, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, has already called for an investigation to investigate the outbreak of this outbreak and visited patients on Monday.
