Tag: mortality
Portugal: 75% of Covid-19 deaths are now in the over-70s
In the past four days in Portugal, three out of four Covid-19 deaths have occurred in the over 70-year-old age bracket.
Lancet: mental, mood and psychotic disorders associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 mortality
“The presence of any mental disorder was associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 mortality. More...
Peru: Coronavirus death toll almost triples from 68,000 to 180,000, now worst in the world per capita
Peru said its Covid-19 death toll is actually almost three times as high as it had officially counted until now. More...
Former coronavirus patients have a 60% percent higher risk of death between one to six months after infection compared to non-infected people
In addition to the already known long Covid symptoms, the researchers also found evidence of increased mortality among those who recovered. More...
Aspirin use was associated with a 44% reduction in mechanical ventilation, a 43% reduction in ICU admission, and a 47% reduction for in-hospital mortality
Low-dose aspirin can reduce the risk of ICU admission and death of Covid-19, researchers say
The team looked at the records of 412 patients admitted to several US hospitals between March and July 2020. More...
61% higher hazard of death associated with B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant
Based on 4,945 deaths with known SGTF status, we estimate that the hazard of death associated with SGTF is 55% (95% CI 39–72%) higher after adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity, deprivation, care home residence, local authority of residence and test date. More...
Hungary: A 19-year-old man has also been killed by the coronavirus, with very many victims under the age of 50
A 19-year-old man is the youngest victim of the coronavirus, according to uploaded to the Hungarian government information page recent data . More...
BMJ: B.1.1.7 “in addition to being more transmissible, seems to be more lethal”
Results The mortality hazard ratio associated with infection with VOC-202012/1 compared with infection with previously circulating variants was 1.64 (95% confidence interval 1.32 to 2.04) in patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in the community. More...
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine study: “we estimate a 71% higher hazard of death associated with VOC 202012/01” [B.1.1.7]
“Correcting for misclassification of SGTF and missingness in SGTF status, we estimate a 71% (48–97%) higher hazard of death associated with VOC 202012/01. More...
Tocilizumab reduces deaths in patients hospitalised with COVID-19
The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) has demonstrated that an anti-inflammatory treatment, tocilizumab, reduces the risk of death when given to hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19. More...