Infection with SARS-CoV-2 has a significant impact on cognitive function in patients with preexisting dementia, according to new research led by health experts from West Bengal. The results, published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, showed that patients with all subtypes of dementia experienced rapidly progressive dementia following infection with SARS-CoV-2. , Health News, Times Now
The proportion of Covid-19 patients infected in hospitals also rose to between 16 per cent and 20 per cent in mid-May 2020, long after the peak of admissions in the first wave.
Bihar has seen maximum 115 deaths, followed by Delhi at 109 Covid-19 deaths. During the first wave of Covid-19 last year, India lost 748 doctors to deadly virus