The fear that children would be the most vulnerable during the third wave of Covid-19 has not really turned out to be true, if data of hospitalisations in the city is any indication.
BBMP data for the last 10 days accessed by TOI shows that those in the age group of 0-18 accounted for 129 or 6% of 2,190 people who were admitted to hospitals after contracting Covid-19.
People aged above 60 accounted for 1,038 or nearly half of hospitalisations during the last 10 days. While 832 elders got admitted to private hospitals, 206 underwent treatment in government ones.