Gender-wise nearly 70 per cent of those who have died due to coronavirus so far are males while age-wise, about 53 per cent Covid-19 deaths are of patients aged 60 and above, about 35 per cent deaths are of patients in 45 to 60 years age group and 10 per cent in 26 to 44 years age group.
Sharing the details of the profile of the people who succumbed to the virus, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, “gender wise, 30 per cent deaths are in female and 70 per cent in male.”
He further added, India’s case fatality rate is 1.53 per cent compared to 17.9 per cent with comorbid people and 1.2 per cent for people without comorbidities.
As per the existing mortality figures, nearly 17.9 per cent of people with co-morbidities have succumbed to the infection as compared to 1.2 per cent of those who are not suffering from any pre-existing chronic disease conditions.
Among those above 60, the share goes up to 24.6 per cent as against 4.8 per cent in the same age group without any co-morbidities.
Rajesh Bhushan also warned that, “Young people in the country feel that they will not be affected by Covid-19 and even if they are infected they will recover fast. There is a need for the youth to get out of this misconception.”