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25% of patients could have caught Covid-19 in all
3 waves: Practo Report
The report ‘Understanding Covid-19: Comparing all three waves in India’ analyses how
Indians accessed healthcare during the three covid waves.
The data collated by health tech firm Practo about the three waves
of Covid-19 pandemic shows that about 25 per cent of the
patients could have caught the Covid-19 in all three waves. The
report ‘Understanding Covid-19: Comparing all three waves in
India’ analyses how Indians accessed healthcare during the three
covid waves. The average time spent by a patient with a doctor
online during this time was 30 minutes, which is comparable to in-
person visits.
In the last two years, digital healthcare has played an important
role in managing the Covid-19 pandemic. With speculations about
the impending fourth wave going on, it is necessary to understand
the health trends from the first three waves so that we, as a
community, are better prepared for it.
Report findings during all three waves:
70% of all online consultations for Covid-19
Second wave was the deadliest with a 690% surge in online
consultations at its peak
57% of all telemedicine users experienced it for the first time
54% of all online consultations were from millennials and Gen Zs
There was 50% growth in alternative medicine like Ayurveda and
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