There are lately no licensed therapies or vaccines in particular for the brand new coronavirus.
An previous malaria drug touted by way of U.S. President Donald Trump as a “recreation changer” within the combat towards the coronavirus supplied no receive advantages and doubtlessly upper possibility of demise for sufferers at U.S. veterans hospitals, consistent with an research that has been submitted for knowledgeable evaluate.
There are lately no licensed therapies or vaccines in particular for the brand new coronavirus. However a long time previous hydroxychloroquine has been extensively utilized in an try to modify the process the COVID-19 breathing sickness in line with anecdotal reviews that it’ll supply some receive advantages.
An research of Veterans Well being Management (VA) information discovered that 28% of 97 sufferers given hydroxychloroquine at the side of usual care died, in comparison with a demise price of 11% for the 158 sufferers that didn’t obtain the drug. The demise price used to be 22% for the 113 sufferers given hydroxychloroquine plus the antibiotic azithromycin.
The analysis, which has no longer but been permitted for e-newsletter in a clinical magazine, isn’t the results of a medical trial. It analyzed clinical data from 368 males hospitalized with showed coronavirus an infection at VA facilities who died or have been discharged by way of April 11, consistent with the paper posted on-line for researchers.
The serious danger posed by way of the brand new coronavirus has inspired sharing inside the clinical neighborhood of “preprints” – the observe of researchers posting their findings previous to exterior assessments, scrutiny or validation. The find out about authors didn’t right away reply to requests for remark.
After taking sufferers’ particular person traits under consideration, researchers calculated that the chance of demise used to be greater than double in those that won hydroxychloroquine.
Hydroxycholoquine additionally seemed to haven’t any affect on a sufferers’ want for respiring strengthen. Charges of mechanical air flow have been 13% for individuals who were given the drug as opposed to 14% for sufferers who won handiest supportive care. For many who won the malaria drug and the antibiotic, handiest 7% required respiring help.
Although there isn’t but clinical proof that hydroxychloroquine is valuable towards COVID-19, docs have stated they’re normally happy with attempting the affordable drug, which has additionally been used to regard lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
However that can be beginning to exchange. “Some publications within the closing week or two have shed doubt on whether or not hydroxychloroquine is really helpful,” stated Dr. Jeremy Falk, a pulmonary specialist at Cedars-Sinai Scientific Middle in Los Angeles, who used to be no longer concerned within the VA find out about.
“We have been the use of it on with regards to everyone early on. Now we’re the use of it extra sparingly.”
A large number of randomized trials are underway in america and in other places, aiming to respond to the query of whether or not the drug has a task to play within the pandemic that has inflamed greater than 2.Five million folks international and killed about 176,000.
International
25,63,480Circumstances
17,04,478Energetic
6,81,582Recovered
1,77,420Deaths
Coronavirus has unfold to 185 nations. The overall showed instances international are 25,63,480 and 1,77,420 have died; 17,04,478 are energetic instances and 6,81,582 have recovered as on April 22, 2020 at 7:56 am.
India
19,984 1383Circumstances
15,474 715Energetic
3,870 618Recovered
640 50Deaths
In India, there are 19,984 showed instances together with 640 deaths. The collection of energetic instances is 15,474 and 3,870 have recovered as on April 22, 2020 at 8:00 am.
State & District Main points
| State | Circumstances | Energetic | Recovered | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DistrictCircumstances Mumbai173 Pune51 Mumbai Suburban41 Sangli24 Nagpur15 Thane14 Ahmednagar11 Raigad5 Palghar5 Buldhana4 Yavatmal4 Satara2 Kolhapur1 Jalgaon1 Nashik1 Aurangabad1 Ratnagiri1 Gondia1 Sindhudurg1 Main points Awaited*4862 | 5218 552 | 4245 383 | 722 150 | 251 19 |
DistrictCircumstances Ahmadabad32 Surat10 Gandhinagar9 Vadodara9 Rajkot7 Bhavnagar4 Porbandar3 Gir Somnath2 Kachchh1 Mahesana1 Botad1 Main points Awaited*2099 | 2178 239 | 1949 212 | 139 8 | 90 19 |
DistrictCircumstances South77 South West14 West10 East9 North West9 South East9 North East8 North6 Central4 New Delhi3 Shahdara2 Main points Awaited*2005 | 2156 75 | 1498 | 611 180 | 47 |
DistrictCircumstances Jaipur36 Bhilwara23 Jodhpur16 Tonk9 Jhunjhunu8 Churu6 Ajmer5 Bharatpur3 Dungarpur3 Alwar3 Pratapgarh2 Udaipur1 Jaisalmer1 Sikar1 Pali1 Dholpur1 Dausa1 Main points Awaited*1539 | 1659 83 | 1404 58 | 230 25 | 25 |
DistrictCircumstances Chennai69 Coimbatore33 Tirunelveli30 Dindigul25 Erode25 Namakkal19 Theni12 Karur11 Madurai11 Thiruvarur9 Tiruppur8 Thoothukudi6 Salem6 Virudhunagar5 Sivaganga5 Kanniyakumari5 Tiruvannamalai4 Villupuram4 Kanchipuram4 Nagapattinam3 Ramanathapuram2 Vellore2 Tiruchirappalli1 Ariyalur1 Main points Awaited*1296 | 1596 76 | 943 | 635 178 | 18 1 |
DistrictCircumstances Indore65 Jabalpur7 Ujjain5 Bhopal4 Gwalior2 Shivpuri2 Main points Awaited*1467 | 1552 67 | 1328 44 | 148 21 | 76 2 |
DistrictCircumstances Gautam Buddha Nagar28 Meerut12 Agra11 Lucknow7 Ghaziabad6 Baghpat2 Moradabad2 Bareilly1 Ghazipur1 Jaunpur1 Kanpur Nagar1 Kheri1 Pilibhit1 Varanasi1 Shamli1 Main points Awaited*1218 | 1294 110 | 1134 108 | 140 | 20 2 |
DistrictCircumstances Hyderabad55 Warangal City12 Medchal Malkajgiri9 Ranga Reddy7 Karimnagar5 Mahabubnagar4 Kamareddy4 Bhadradri Kothagudem4 Nalgonda3 Sangareddy2 Nizamabad2 Jogulamba Gadwal2 Suryapet1 Mulugu1 Nagarkurnool1 Jangoan1 Mahabubabad1 Medak1 Main points Awaited*813 | 928 55 | 711 51 | 194 4 | 23 |
DistrictCircumstances Visakhapatnam3 Krishna2 Chittoor1 East Godavari1 Guntur1 Spsr Nellore1 Prakasam1 Main points Awaited*747 | 757 35 | 639 29 | 96 4 | 22 2 |
DistrictCircumstances Kasaragod58 Kannur25 Ernakulam18 Pathanamthitta14 Kozhikode6 Malappuram6 Thiruvananthapuram6 Thrissur5 Idukki3 Kottayam3 Palakkad3 Alappuzha2 Kollam1 Wayanad1 Main points Awaited*276 | 427 19 | 117 3 | 307 16 | 3 |
DistrictCircumstances Kolkata15 Nadia5 Hooghly4 24 Paraganas North3 Medinipur East3 24 Paraganas South2 Howrah2 Medinipur West1 Main points Awaited*388 | 423 31 | 335 28 | 73 | 15 3 |
DistrictCircumstances Bengaluru City38 Mysuru11 Uttar Kannad9 Chikballapur9 Dakshin Kannad4 Kalaburagi3 Udupi3 Bengaluru Rural2 Davangere2 Chitradurga1 Dharwad1 Kodagu1 Tumakuru1 Main points Awaited*333 | 418 10 | 272 | 129 17 | 17 1 |
DistrictCircumstances Srinagar17 Bandipora11 Badgam7 Udhampur4 Jammu3 Rajauri3 Baramulla2 Pulwama2 Shopian2 Main points Awaited*329 | 380 12 | 294 2 | 81 10 | 5 |
DistrictCircumstances Gurugram25 Faridabad6 Panipat4 Sirsa3 Panchkula2 Ambala1 Hisar1 Sonipat1 Palwal1 Main points Awaited*210 | 254 | 124 | 127 | 3 |
DistrictCircumstances Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar18 S.a.s Nagar9 Hoshiarpur5 Jalandhar5 Amritsar2 Ludhiana2 Patiala1 Main points Awaited*203 | 245 | 190 | 39 1 | 16 |
DistrictCircumstances Patna5 Munger4 Saharsa2 Begusarai1 Lakhisarai1 Nalanda1 Siwan1 Main points Awaited*111 | 126 13 | 82 13 | 42 | 2 |
DistrictCircumstances Khordha3 Main points Awaited*76 | 79 5 | 54 5 | 24 | 1 |
DistrictCircumstances Dehradun6 Pauri Garhwal1 Main points Awaited*39 | 46 | 27 | 19 1 | 0 |
DistrictCircumstances Main points Awaited*45 | 45 | 42 | 0 | 3 1 |
DistrictCircumstances Kangra3 Main points Awaited*36 | 39 | 22 | 16 | 1 |
DistrictCircumstances Raipur4 Bilaspur1 Durg1 Rajnandgaon1 Main points Awaited*29 | 36 | 10 | 26 1 | 0 |
DistrictCircumstances Marigaon2 Karimganj1 Nalbari1 Main points Awaited*31 | 35 | 15 | 19 | 1 |
DistrictCircumstances Chandigarh16 Main points Awaited*11 | 27 1 | 13 | 14 1 | 0 |
DistrictCircumstances Leh Ladakh11 Kargil2 Main points Awaited*5 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
DistrictCircumstances North And Center Andaman7 South Andamans3 Main points Awaited*6 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
DistrictCircumstances Main points Awaited*12 | 12 1 | 11 1 | 0 | 1 |
DistrictCircumstances North Goa2 South Goa1 Main points Awaited*4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
DistrictCircumstances Mahe1 Main points Awaited*6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
DistrictCircumstances Imphal West1 Main points Awaited*1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
DistrictCircumstances Main points Awaited*2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
DistrictCircumstances Main points Awaited*1 | 1 | 0 | 1 1 | 0 |
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