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.
The hospital had received oxygen supply between 12.30 p.m. and 1 a.m. last night.
The country’s active COVID-19 cases stand at 24,28,616.
In the study, the team turned to single-cell RNA sequencing, which identifies which of roughly 20,000 genes are "on" in individual cells. They found that only a tiny percentage of human respiratory and intestinal cells, often well below 10 per cent, make both ACE2 and TMPRSS2.
Public restrooms are especially cause for concern for transmitting Covid-19 because they are relatively confined, experience heavy foot traffic and may not have adequate ventilation.
Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi too had tested positive for Covid-19 and he is presently under home isolation, while ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been admitted to the AIIMS after contracting the disease.
