On February 20, 2023, Assoc. Prof. Thira Worathanarat or “Doctor Thira“Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Facebook post about the issue “COVID-19“Specified that yesterday around the world, there were 67,839 more people, 303 more deaths, a total of 678,663,582 people, and a total of 6,790,861 deaths.
The top 5 most infected are:
- Taiwan
- Japan
- Russia
- South Korea
- Bahrain
As of yesterday, in the number of new infections, countries from Europe and Asia occupied eight of the top 10 and 16 of the top 20 globally.
The number of new infections per day around the world right now from Asia and Europe Together, it accounted for 94.08 percent of the whole world, while the number of deaths accounted for 88.44 percent.
People infected with COVID who are sick and treated in the hospital. are 1.5 times more likely to die than influenza
Portmann L and colleagues from Switzerland. The results of the study were published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open on February 15, 2023.
Study in a cohort of 5,212 patients with COVID-19 orinfluenzaStrain A or B by comparing the mortality rate after admission to a total of 14 hospitals in Switzerland.
There are people who are infectedCOVID-19 A total of 3,066 people (more than 95% infected with Omicron strains) aged 53-82 years and 2,146 influenza-infected people aged 59-83 years.
It was found that the infected patientsCOVID-19 There was a 1.54 times greater risk of dying than the influenza-infected group (1.18-2.01-fold CI) within 30 days after infection and hospitalization.
…This study reinforces the importance of regular self-defense.
especially the elderly or have a chronic disease Getting the booster vaccination on schedule can reduce the risk of serious illness and death.
Live a conscious life, not careless, be careful of risky behavior. risky place Let’s help adjust the environment where we live, eat, drink, study, work to ventilate well.
Wearing a mask properly reduces the risk of bothCOVID-19 and PM 2.5 can go down a lot
refer
Portmann L et al. Hospital Outcomes of Community-Acquired SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection Compared With Influenza Infection in Switzerland. JAMA Network Open. 15 February 2023.