Bacterial pneumonia caused Covid deaths, not ‘cytokine storm’: Study
Secondary bacterial pneumonia that does not resolve was a key driver of death in patients with Covid, according to a study.
Secondary bacterial pneumonia that does not resolve was a key driver of death in patients with Covid, according to a study.
The State has been consistently logging above 300 cases on a daily basis in the past one week.
The country's active caseload stands at 0.13 per cent, which was 0.14 per cent on Wednesday.
The State clocked 382 freshactive Covid-19 cases at a high7.1 percent test positivity TPR in the last 24 hours,said officials on Monday.
Fresh 11,692 covid-19 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours in the country, marking a dip from Thursday's tally of 12,591 cases.
Covid Testing is being done on travellers coming from abroad. Among these travellers, a total of four new omicron cases were detected, taking the total cases to six.
By December 8, a total of 178,912 seniors aged between 65 and 74 have died from Covid-19. The 75-84 age group saw 203,422 deaths, while the 85 years and older group saw 2,07,755 deaths, CDC data show.
A total of 5,975,404 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 3,069 remain in intensive care units, according to the Ministry.
According to the World Health Organization, the Omicron variant reduces vaccine efficacy and spreads faster.
This can be used as a rapid screening assay for the identification and isolation of individuals with the Omicron variant.
