The devastating second Covid wave, the demand of medical oxygen in the state has dropped considerably.
Data compiled by the Health and Family Welfare Department revealed the medical oxygen demand had dipped to a record low of 236.8 MT on May 26 after touching its peak at 304.1 MT on May 17. This included 274.4 MT for Covid and 29.7 MT for non-Covid use on May 17 and 209.3 MT for Covid and 27.5 MT for non-Covid consumption on May 26.
With the constant decline in the daily cases and also the number of critical patients put on ventilator support during the past 10 days, the state has been witnessing a decrease in the demand of medical oxygen on a day-on-day basis. Official figures showed the consumption of life-saving gas fell to 303.4 MT on May 18, further to 296.8 MT (May 19), 286.9 MT (May 20), 281.5 MT (May 21), 278.7 MT (May 22), 268.2 MT (May 23), 263.6 MT (May 24), and 244.5 MT on (May 25).
