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Middle-aged people too at higher risk of dying from coronavirus: Report

Researchers from Britain analysed more than 3,600 confirmed Covid-19 cases

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3 min read Last Updated : Mar 31 2020 | 6:32 PM IST

Middle-aged people, and not just the elderly, have a dramatically higher risk of dying or developing serious illness from Covid-19, new research from Britain showed on Tuesday.

The findings came in a new comprehensive analysis of virus cases in mainland China.

Researchers from Britain analysed more than 3,600 confirmed Covid-19 cases as well as data from hundreds of passengers repatriated from the outbreak city of Wuhan.

They found that age was a key determining factor in serious infections, with nearly one in five over-80s requiring hospitalisation, compared to around 1 per cent among people under 30.

Taking into account estimates of the number of

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