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.
With 219 fresh fatalities, the lowest in 167 days, the total Covid related deaths mounted to 4,41,042 with mortality rate at 1.33 per cent, the Union Ministry of Health and Family said on Tuesday.
India registered a slight decline in COVID 19 cases with 38,948 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours, pushing the total to 3,30,27,621, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.
Further, the researchers found that while cloth masks clearly reduced symptoms, they "cannot reject" the idea that unlike surgical masks, they may have only a small effect on symptomatic coronavirus infections, and possibly none at all.
"The world is relying on safe and effective vaccines to bring an end to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Vaccine Safety Datalink is ideally suited to carry out this important surveillance and we will continue to monitor the safety of all vaccines that protect against Covid-19,"
The Central government filed a counter-affidavit in the Kerala High Court stating that the duration of 84 days between ist and 2nd doses of Covishield vaccine provided the best protection against COVID-19.
