Coronavirus: who’s most at risk?
Young people are in least danger, while men could be more likely to contract the virus and the over-80s are most likely to perish
As new studies of the novel coronavirus emerge, Covid-19 has been shown to affect different demographics with varying levels of severity.
The China Centre for Disease Control released a study of who the virus is most affecting, based on data from all 72,314 chinese patients diagnosed with Covid-19 as of February 11.
It found that the vast majority of cases were in older age groups, with almost 90 per cent of confirmed cases among those over 30...
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