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Covid-19: India logs 50,407 new cases, 804 deaths in 24 hours; positivity at 3.43%

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Covid-19: India logs 50,407 new cases, 804 deaths in 24 hours; positivity at 3.43%

India recorded 50,407 coronavirus cases and 804 deaths in the past 24 hours, data from the Union Health Ministry on Saturday morning showed. The daily positivity rate continues to decline, down 13% or nearly 8,000 cases from yesterday.

With the new figures, the country’s total cases have risen to 42,586,544 while the death toll stands at 5,07,981. The daily positivity rate dropped to 3.48%.

According to today’s government figures, active cases fell to 1.43% and the recovery rate rose to 97.37%.

According to the Ministry of Health, India has conducted 74.93 billion Covid tests so far, with 1,450,532 tests conducted in the past 24 hours.

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The government also noted that a total of 1,72,29,47,688 vaccine doses have been administered in the country to date in the nationwide vaccination campaign.

Notably, Delhi has recorded fewer than 1,000 cases in the past 24 hours, according to the latest available data.

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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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