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CHENNAI: As Covid-19 continues to surge in the country, Covid-related doctor consultations are seeing a massive jump of 50% more than the previous day. The daily consultations have gone up more than 2.5 times since January 1, according to healthcare app Practo insights.
More than 50% of all doctor consultations are for GPs and pulmonologists with major concerns like fever, sore throat, headache, body pain, stuffy nose, Omicron spread, Covid-19 vaccine booster doses, and vaccines for children, among others.
Around 85% of these queries have come from metro cities, some of which are witnessing a steady rise in the number of positive cases every day.
At 132%, Mumbai saw the highest growth in GP-related consultations, followed by Kolkata, Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. Queries in non-metro cities increased by 53% during the same time period. More than 50% of these consultations came from those in the age group 21-30, followed by 31-40 (40%), 41-50 (10%).