Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thira Woratanarat, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University posted on Facebook Thira Woratanarat stating that March 4, 2023
Yesterday, around the world, there were 78,192 additional infections, 393 additional deaths, bringing the total to 680,483,883, with a total of 6,803,721 deaths.
The top 5 most infected are Russia, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Austria.
As of yesterday, in the number of new infections, countries from Europe and Asia occupied seven 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 Combined accounted for 86.96 percent of the world, while the number of deaths accounted for 76.84 percent.
Update on outbreaks in America and Austria.
The latest data from the US CDC suggests that XBB.1.5 accounted for almost 90% of the share, while BQ.1.x remained only 8.3% and continued to decline (Figure 1).
While in Austria, data from Elling U showed that XBB.1.5 accounted for more than 60% (Figure 2).
The direction of the outbreak is therefore in line with what many parties estimate that the Omicron subspecies XBB.1.5 will continue to spread. because it has the ability to spread infection than other strains that are spreading Both from immune resistance and tight binding to ACE2 receptors on the cell surface.
COVID-19 infection Increases the risk of stroke and various types of heart disease by about 2 times.
Recent research from DeVries A and colleagues from the United States. Published in the international medical journal JAMA Health Forum yesterday, March 3, 2023 (Figure 3 and 4).
Conducted a study among patients infected with COVID-19. and experiencing Post-COVID conditions (Long COVID) of 13,435 people with 26,870 people who were uninfected by comparing the incidence of cardiovascular disease.
The study population had an average age of 51 (±15.1 years) and was approximately 58% female.
It was found that the incidence rate of cerebrovascular disease and various types of heart disease problems Both the wrong dance including myocardial ischemia Found in the group who were infected with Long COVID was about twice as much as the group who was not infected in a 12-month period.
The mortality rate was also about twice as high, with infection and Long COVID estimated to cause an excess death rate from cardiovascular disease (CVD) of approximately 17 per 1,000 population.
…results from this study consistent with other research many more pieces around the world (as shown in the table) indicating that COVID-19 infection puts you at risk for heart problems and cerebrovascular disease is about 2 times higher and causes a higher mortality rate than uninfected people (Figure 5).
… Therefore, one should live a daily life consciously, not carelessly, and protect oneself regularly.
Be in a well ventilated place, both when working, studying, traveling
Wearing a mask correctly can greatly reduce the risk. Both from COVID-19 and PM2.5
protect yourself from infection or not repeating is the best
refer
1. Topol E. (Picture 1 and 5)
2. DeVries A et al. One-Year Adverse Outcomes Among US Adults With Post–COVID-19 Condition vs Those Without COVID-19 in a Large Commercial Insurance Database. JAMA Health Forum. 3 March 2023.