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The patients had a wide range of symptoms, from nausea to seizures to unconsciousness, the doctors said. Indian health officials are still investigating the cause of the disease, which wreaked havoc in Eluru last weekend.
India ranks second in the world in Covid-19 infection
The new and mysterious disease overlaps with the coronavirus pandemic, with India being the country most affected by COVID-19 in the world, after the United States.
According to India Today, the number of people hospitalized surpassed 350 on Monday, after another 76 people were transferred to a hospital overnight from Sunday to Monday. 186 people have been discharged, while 164 remain in treatment, the publication notes, citing statements from authorities.
A 45-year-old man who was admitted to GGH hospital in Eluru with symptoms of nausea and seizures died Sunday night, writes India Today.
The state of Andhra Pradesh was one of the worst affected areas in India, with more than 800,000 cases of COVID-19, the third highest number of cases in the Asian country. But Covid-19 does not appear to be the cause of the hospitalizations this weekend.
The state’s Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas said all the patients had tested negative for the coronavirus.
People who got sick, especially children, suddenly began vomiting after complaining of burns to their eyes. Some of them fainted or had seizures, “a journalist from Eluru Government Hospital told Indian Express.
Currently 164 people are hospitalized
More than 70 people have been discharged, while another 164 are still receiving treatment, authorities said.
“We ruled out water pollution or air pollution as the cause after officials visited the areas where people got sick. It is a mysterious disease and only laboratory tests will reveal what it is,” Srinivas said. However , the opposition has called for an investigation and insists it is contamination, Gândul writes.
