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India reports 13,091 new Covid-19 cases, 340 deaths; Active cases lowest in 266 days

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India reports 13,091 new Covid-19 cases, 340 deaths; Active cases lowest in 266 days

The Covid-19 situation in India continues to improve. According to data from the Joint Ministry of Health, India has reported 13,091 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases to 3,44,01,670, while active cases fell to 138,556, the lowest in 266 days level. According to the Ministry of Health, the new death toll from Covid-19 is 340, and the death toll has increased to 462,189. In the past 34 days, the daily increase in new Covid-19 cases was less than 20,000, and now it is less than 50,000 for 137 consecutive days.

At the same time, the World Health Organization said that with the exception of Europe, the number of coronavirus cases around the world is declining. According to WHO data, the number of Covid-19 deaths in Europe has risen by 10% in the past week, making it the only region in the world where the number of new coronavirus infections and deaths is steadily increasing. This is the sixth consecutive week that the virus has risen across the African continent. The WHO stated in its weekly report that there are approximately 3.1 million new Covid-19 cases worldwide, an increase of nearly 1% from the previous week. Approximately two-thirds of new infections (1.9 million) came from Europe alone, where cases have surged by 7%. According to data from the World Health Organization, the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, Turkey and Germany are among the countries that have reported a large number of new infections in the past few days.

News Source: Financial Express

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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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