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India reports over 67,500 new Covid-19 infections, 1,188 more deaths

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India reports over 67,500 new Covid-19 infections, 1,188 more deaths

India recorded 67,597 new cases of coronavirus in a single day, bringing the total to 4,23,39,611, while active cases fell below 1 million in about 27 days, India’s Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

The death toll had climbed to 5,04,062, with 1,188 new deaths, figures updated by the health ministry at 8am showed.

Active Covid cases have fallen to 9,94,891, or 2.35% of total infections. The Ministry of Health said the national recovery rate increased to 96.46%.

According to the data, the number of active COVID-19 cases fell by 1,14,047 in a 24-hour period.

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It said the daily positivity rate was 5.02%, while the weekly positivity rate was 8.30%.

Data showed that the number of people recovering from Covid-19 surged to 4,08,40,658, while the case fatality rate was 1.19%.

It said the country’s cumulative doses have so far exceeded 1.7021 crore, driven by the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

The total number of COVID-19 in India crossed the 2 million mark on August 7, 2020, 3 million on August 23, 4 million on September 5, and 5 million on September 16. It crossed 6 million on September 28, 7 million on October 11, 8 million on October 29, 9 million on November 20, and 10 million on December 19. The country crossed the grim milestone of 20 million Covid cases on May 4, 2021, and 30 million cases on June 23 last year.

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Covid infection linked to more type 1 diabetes in kids and teens: Study

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Covid infection linked to more type 1 diabetes in kids and teens: Study

Two studies that did not definitively resolve the question of whether the coronavirus can cause the chronic disease of diabetes found that Covid-19 in children and adolescents appeared to increase the chance of acquiring diabetes. Over two years after the pandemic’s commencement, researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health looked at new type 1 diabetes diagnoses using national health registries. They discovered that type 1 diabetes was roughly 60% more likely to develop in children who had tested positive for the coronavirus.

The risk within 30 days of a Covid infection confirmed by a PCR test was examined by the researchers. Young adults were also included in a Scottish study that was presented at the European Link for the Study of Diabetes meeting. This study indicated an increased risk one month following the viral sickness, but the researchers said they discovered no association after that point.

The authors of both studies emphasised that their findings do not necessarily imply a causal link between diabetes and the coronavirus. Other potential causes were emphasised, such as delays in seeking medical attention during the epidemic, the introduction of other diseases, and alterations in way of life brought on by lockdowns.

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, an associate professor at the Nuffield department of primary care health sciences at the University of Oxford, stated: “There are a lot of plausible reasons that Covid-19 might lead to development of type 1 diabetes, but this remains in no way proved.”
According to a paper earlier this week in the medical journal The Lancet, the number of people with type 1 diabetes, in which the pancreas fails to generate the hormone insulin, may increase from 8.4 million to 17.4 million by the year 2040.

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The illness, which has no known treatment and is most frequently diagnosed in children, is thought to be caused by a combination of genetics and exposure to particular pathogens, including SARS-Cov-2 as well as a larger family of viruses known as enteroviruses. Type 2 diabetes, which is more prevalent, typically appears later in life as sedentary habits and weight increase mess with the body’s ability to manage sugar.

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