translated from Spanish: Young adults are dying more from COVID-19 in India

India.- The Covid-19 virus is increasingly killing young adults who have no underlying conditions, as India is shaken by a second fatal wave of infection in India. “We are seeing a higher number of young adults on this wave: 60 to 70 percent are under the age of 60, more than half of whom are under 45,” said Reshma Tewari, director of intensive care at Artemis Hospital in the northern city of Gurgaon, in an interview with the Times of India.
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Of those in the ICU, deterioration is often rapid and many require respiratory assistance and aggressive treatment.

In India, 60 to 70 percent of patients with COVID-19 are under the age of 60. afp

Statistics recently published by Tamil Nadu, a southern state, show that an increasing number of people under the age of 40 without any underlying conditions are dying of COVID-19, the newspaper reported. More than 26 million people have been infected with coronavirus in India and more than 295,500 have died, according to statistics compiled by Johns Hopkins University, which has been tracking infections worldwide.

Original source in Spanish