Covid-19 is more fatal for men than women

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Covid-19 is proving more lethal when it comes to male patients as compared to women virus carriers as an analysis of official data shows that 69 per cent of its victims in Punjab are men, while the remaining 31pc are women.

An age-wise analysis reveals that the virus proved most fatal for those in 50-60 year age bracket as such patients make 32pc of the total victims. The patients between 61 to 70 years of age were the second-most vulnerable group as 27pc of those who died from Covid-19 fall in it.

Another alarming factor the data analysis revealed was that most of those who died had no other disease or co-morbidity.

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