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.
'Unless we do testing adequately, we don't know where the virus is. If you are not testing, you are fighting a fire blindfolded. We have to test, test and test.' WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said.
The total death toll on Tuesday reached 95,819, while the number of people infected rose to 2,801,921 after tests detected 51,603 new infections in the past 24 hourrs.
Dharmendra Pradhan is the second union minister to test positive for the virus after Home Minister Amit Shah.
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Director Jagat Ram said, 'It's an honour to be entrusted with this vital responsibility of being one of the sites for phase two and three trials on Covishield vaccine.'
Tokyo's cumulative total stands at 14,022, with roughly 50 per cent of new infections added in July alone, according to officials.
