West Bengal’s Health Department, which is coming out with the daily update on COVID-19 infections and fatalities, has indicated that over 66% of those who have died of the infection had co-morbidities. The number of deaths as on Tuesday went up to 415. And 275 of them, or 66.3%, had co-morbidities, the Health Department said in a bulletin. The Health Department has also come out with the age-wise fatality rate. The total number of infections increased to 8,985 and the number of patients discharged from hospitals was 3,620.

Source: The Hindu June 09, 2020 21:00 UTC