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.
Meanwhile, the coastal State on Wednesday logged 887 COVID-19 fresh cases at 1.29% Test Positivity Rate (TPR) in the last 24 hours with the tally mounting up to 10,03,210, while the cumulative death toll reached 7,562 with 69 fresh fatalities, according to State’s COVID dashboard portal.
Having a VTE was associated with a five-times increased risk of death within 30 days following surgery compared with patients with no VTE, said researchers from the University of Birmingham.
The report also underscores the importance of inducing China to share lab records, genomic samples, and other data that could provide further illumination on the origins of the virus, which has killed more than four million people worldwide, current and former officials said.
There is a lack of evidence for a laboratory leak. The Wuhan Institute of Virology often cited as the source of a lab leak, is a distance away from the live animal markets from where the first cases reportedly emerged, said the researchers.
The report stated that compared to early July when the positivity rate was 6.75 per cent in the Darjeeling district, the infection rate has shockingly breached the 7 per cent mark, which is two per cent higher than the safe mark set by World Health Organization.
