85% of People Who Died of Coronavirus Were of Over 45 Years of age: Central government

Giving information about the coronavirus, the Health Ministry said that 85 percent of the people who died due to the virus were beyond the age of 45 years
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Image Credit: The Hindu

Coronavirus cases are increasing continuously in the country. The number of infected is set to touch the figure of 8 lakh. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health, while giving information on Thursday, said that 85 percent of the people who died from Corona were beyond the age of 45 years. It has further been said that about 10 percent of India's population is of more than 60 years of age and 53 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the country are linked to them.

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Health Ministry official Rajesh Bhushan said that about 25 percent of the deaths due to corona were of people who were under 45 years of age. At the same time, 85 percent people were beyond the age of 45. There is a need to pay more attention to the people coming in high-risk by the states and the central government. 8 percent of the total population of India is between 60 and 74 years old. Among these people, the percentage of those who died of corona is 39 percent.

Rajesh Bhushan further said that the percentage of children below 14 years of age in the country is 35 percent. The percentage of people who died of corona in this age group is one percent. The percentage of deaths between 15-29 years is three percent. The percentage of deaths who come between 30-44 years of age is 11 percent.

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Image Credit: The BloombergQuint

It is worth noting that the fear of Coronavirus is being seen in more than 180 countries around the world including India. So far, more than 1.22 crore people have fallen prey to this infection. This virus has taken the lives of more than 5.4 lakh patients. In India too, cases of corona are increasing almost every day. According to the data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday morning, the number of corona infected in the country has increased to 7,93,802. In the last 24 hours (from 8 am Thursday to 8 am Friday), 26,506 new cases of corona have been reported. This is the highest number of corona patients exposed in a single day.

Not only this, 475 infected people have also died during this period. This is also the highest number of deaths from corona in a single day in the country. So far 4,95,513 patients have been cured in the country and 21,604 people have died. Talking about the recovery rate, it has reached to 62.42 percent after a slight increase. Corona patients are coming from all the states of the country. There are also many states, which were freed from this pandemic, but due to the entry of migrants in the state, they again fell into this infection.

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