It is 14 8 for those above 80 but just 0 2 for individuals below 39. Initial data from china suggested that the mortality rate from covid 19 infection is much higher among the elderly. The govt announced measures like curbing movement by halting passenger train traffic till march 31 to stop the virus from spreading.
India s casualty count went up amid fears that the virus may have entered stage 3 of local transmission. The casualty count for india due to the novel coronavirus has risen to 7 with gujarat reporting its first death. In 2020 deaths due to covid 19 increased exponentially from the 12th week due to the covid 19 pandemic in 24 countries in europe india s covid 19 case fatality rate cfr deaths cases has.
Ahmed patel national treasurer of all india congress party and rajya sabha mp from gujarat in a tweet raised the issue of higher death rate in gujarat due covid 19. It was 2 4 for those between 50 and 60 and 8 9 for those over 60. Against an overall cfr of 2 7 the figure for those below 40 years was 0 4.
At first glance it seems broadly valid in the sense that india s rate at 2 8 is much. The common perception is that the covid 19 fatality rate in india is probably the lowest in the world. Yet it s too early to say that the country has bucked the trend.
But the fatalities are unarguably low. India might be missing some deaths and not diagnosing every patient correctly for covid 19.
