Covid 19 Top 10 News Updates for Bangalore – 24 November 2021
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State reports 224 fresh Covid-19 cases, five deaths Karnataka has reported 224 new cases of COVID-19 and five deaths, taking the total number of infections to 29,94,001 and death toll to 38,182, the health department said on Tuesday. Read more
33% Case Fatality Rate(CFR ) in govt ICUs better than global avg The fatality rate in Covid ICUs of government hospitals was 32.8% during the pandemic, according to data with the state health and family welfare department. Officials said the global average is 42%-62%. Read more
‘Delta’ can catch even fully-vaxxed, says study Fighting against the ‘Delta’ variant of coronavirus requires a vaccine, plus an infection prevention and control strategy, even in populations with high uptake of inoculations, findings of a new study have revealed. Read more
Over 60% of total daily COVID-19 cases in Karnataka are from Bengaluru Urban Although there has been a steady decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the State, Bengaluru Urban has been witnessing fluctuations week on week. Over 60% of the total cases reported in the State are from Bengaluru Urban alone. Read more
84 students from 2 Odisha institutes test Covid +ve At least 53 students of a high school in Sundargarh district and 31 medical students of Vimsar, Burla, in Sambalpur district, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday Read more
5 states, including Maharashtra, Kerala, have 85% new cases: MoS Kerala is contributing around 57% of the fresh Covid-19 cases in the country, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu contributions are around 8% each. Similarly, West Bengal and Mizoram are each having 7% of the cases. Read more
WHO fears 700k more Covid deaths in Europe, topping 2m The WHO’s Europe office says projections show its 53-country region could face another 7,00,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic by next spring, topping 2 million in total. WHO Europe, which is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, also cited growing evidence of a decline in protection against infection and mild disease through vaccines. Read more
Norovirus: Border districts on high alert In the wake of Norovirus cases being reported in 13 students of a veterinary college in Wayanad district of neighbouring Kerala, Karnataka has directed health officials in the border Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu districts to be on high alert. Read more
Big third wave unlikely: Experts Is the worst of the Covid crisis behind India? As cases dip three weeks after Diwali, the answer is a possible yes, say experts, attributing the downslide to a large chunk of population already exposed to the virus during the second wave and a stepped up vaccination campaign. Read more
Covaxin’s efficacy 50% in Delta wave The efficacy of Covaxin in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 is 47%-50%, according to real-world data derived from infections in a group of over 2,700 hospital workers when India was hit by the Delta variant, according to a study published on Tuesday in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. Read more
