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Covid-19: Men have 30% higher risk of dying from virus than women, finds study

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Covid-19 infection, men have a 30% higher risk of dying from the killer virus as compared to women of the same age and health status.Coronavirus patients who are hospitalised have a greater risk of dying if they are men or if they are obese or have complications from diabetes or hypertension, the study, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, observed.The scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) in the United States assessed nearly 67,000 hospitalised coronavirus patients in 613 hospitals across the country in the research, reports news agency PTI.They said the patients who were obese, had hypertension or poorly managed diabetes had a higher risk of dying compared to those who did not have these.

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