Category: Statistics

Anosmia and dysgeusia in SARS-CoV-2 infection: incidence and effects on COVID-19 severity and mortality, and the possible pathobiology mechanisms – a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Authors: Endang Mutiawati, Conceptualization, Data Curation, Resources, Validation, Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Writing – Review & Editing,a,1,2Marhami Fahriani, Conceptualization, Data Curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Writing – Review & Editing,3Sukamto S. Mamada, Data Curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing,4Jonny Karunia Fajar, Conceptualization, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – Review & Editing,3,5Andri Frediansyah, Data Curation, Investigation, Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Writing – Review & Editing,6Helnida Anggun Maliga, Data Curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing,7Muhammad Ilmawan, Data Curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing […]

More than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded as US returns to April levels

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Authors: BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL – 08/18/21 07:27 AM EDT The U.S. recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday as numbers reach levels last seen in April, largely due to the highly infectious delta variant spreading rapidly throughout the country. The 1,017 coronavirus deaths reported on Tuesday equate to roughly 42 fatalities an hour, according to a Reuters tally of state […]

‘We are on fire’: Five U.S. states set new records for Covid cases as hospitalizations rise

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PUBLISHED MON, AUG 16 20213:54 PM EDTUPDATED MON, AUG 16 20214:49 PM EDT KEY POINTS Nationwide, less than 11% of all hospital beds are being used by Covid patients. In Oregon, it’s 11.4%, Hawaii is at 12.1%, followed by Louisiana at 20.4%, Mississippi at 18.7% and Florida at 28.2%. The states with higher vaccination rates […]

Ivermectin for COVID-19: real-time meta analysis of 63 studies

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Authors: Covid Analysis, Aug 12, 2021, Version 109 — twitter personality response, added Together Trial (V1 Nov 26, 2020) •Meta analysis using the most serious outcome reported shows 73% and 86% improvement for early treatment and prophylaxis (RR 0.27 [0.16-0.44] and 0.14 [0.08-0.25]), with similar results after exclusion based sensitivity analysis, restriction to peer-reviewed studies, restriction to serious outcomes, and restriction to Randomized Controlled Trials.•61% and […]

New data on coronavirus vaccine effectiveness may be “a wakeup call”

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Authors: Caitlin Owens A new preprint study that raises concerns about the mRNA vaccines’ effectiveness against Delta — particularly Pfizer’s — has already grabbed the attention of top Biden administration officials. What they’re saying: The study found the Pfizer vaccine was only 42% effective against infection in July, when the Delta variant was dominant. “If that’s not a wakeup call, […]

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and COVID-19: A Scoping Review and Meta-analysis

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Authors: Mehdi Jafari-Oori 1, Fatemeh Ghasemifard 2, Abbas Ebadi 3, Leila Karimi 3, Farshid Rahimi-Bashar 4, Tannaz Jamialahmadi 5 6, Paul C Guest 7, Amir Vahedian-Azimi 8, Amirhossein Sahebkar 9 10 11 12 Abstract Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a fatal complication of the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes COVID-19 disease. This scoping review was carried out with international, peer-reviewed research studies and gray literature published up to July 2020 in […]

CDC says 7-day average of daily U.S. Covid cases surpassed peak seen last summer

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KEY POINTS The seven-day average of daily coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed the peak seen last summer when the nation didn’t have an authorized vaccine, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said. U.S. Covid cases, based on a seven-day moving average, reached 72,790 on Friday, according to data compiled by the CDC. That’s higher than the […]

COVID Cases In US Top 100,000 Per Day For First Time Since February

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have topped an average of greater than 100,000 per day for the first time since February. The daily case rate has not exceeded the levels of summer 2020 when vaccines were not available, however, the seven-day average of hospital admissions […]

VAERS COVID Vaccine Data

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https://www.openvaers.com/covid-data Important Things To Know About VAERS VAERS is an early warning system used to monitor adverse events that happen after vaccination. VAERS is the frontline system of a comprehensive vaccine safety monitoring program in the United States. It is one of several systems CDC and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) use to help ensure all […]