COVID-19 second wave struck the heart of Karnataka so hard that many people started flooding requests for beds, oxygen and other medicines in social media. 2/3rd of total casualties happened in last two months. By using the Twitter API, I have collected the tweets containing “Bengaluru” from April to May and below are the word clouds and some insights.
From 5th to 11 April it was all about IPL. The cases from rose from 3738 to 7548 daily cases. Casualties up from 18 to 27 daily.
12th to 18th April the daily cases shot up from 6387 to 12793. Daily casualties rose from 40 to 60. Frequency of ‘Please’ was 1175. ‘Help’ was 778
19 to 25th April. The daily cases rose from 9618 to 20733. Daily Casualties 92 from 149 (on 24th). With Close to 2 lakh active cases there was huge shortage of beds. Frequency of ‘Please’ was 3442. Help was 2562. Oxygen was 2233. Meanwhile, ‘Done’ was 240. ‘Arranged’ was 33.
26 April to 2 May. Daily cases clocked highest at 26756. Daily casualties recorded the highest at 162 in this time period. Frequency of word ‘Help’ was 4668. Hospital 4789. ‘Please’ 4477. ‘Bed’ 4455. ‘Oxygen’ 3569. ‘Urgent’ 1902. ‘SRFID’ 417
3 May to 9 May. Daily cases were at an average of 20000. Daily casualties clocked highest at 346 on 7th May. Frequency of ‘bed’ 4712. ‘Oxygen’ 4629. ‘Please’ 4563. Help ‘4380’. The IPL was postponed on May 4, but the frequency was low (596).
10 May to 16 May. Daily cases dropped from 16000 to 8000. Daily casualties 374 to 143. Frequency of words ‘Please’ was 3140. ‘Help’ 2840. ‘Oxygen’ 2811. Although the BBMP introduced better bed allotment process[The Hindu] but calls for other medical facilities like oxygen and vaccine slots (for 18-44) and Covaxin (frequency:484) for 45+ got more.
Why so simple? 