“Young people are not invincible,” WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove added, saying more information is needed about the disease in all age groups. Italy reported that a quarter of its cases so far were among people ages 19 to 50. And there, deaths were highest among people who had heart disease, diabetes or chronic lung diseases before they got COVID-19. Italy reported that of the first nine people younger than 40 who died of COVID-19, seven were confirmed to have “grave pathologies” such as heart disease. This time around, slightly more than half the COVID-19 deaths in China were among men.

Source: Hindustan Times March 29, 2020 18:12 UTC