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GURUGRAM: One in every two lives lost to Covid between April 1 and May 10 — coinciding with the fierce second wave of the pandemic — in the city was of a young person, in the 21-40 age group.
Health department data of hospital deaths shows Gurugram recorded 235 Covid deaths in this period, which is nearly 40% of the overall toll (599 till May 10) since the first death happened on May 10, 2020.
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GURUGRAM: One in every two lives lost to Covid between April 1 and May 10 — coinciding with the fierce second wave of the pandemic — in the city was of a young person, in the 21-40 age group.
Health department data of hospital deaths shows Gurugram recorded 235 Covid deaths in this period, which is nearly 40% of the overall toll (599 till May 10) since the first death happened on May 10, 2020.
Of the 235 who succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection, around 50% (117) were between 21 and 40 years old (53 between 21 and 30, 64 between 31 and 40).
Late hospitalisations, patients reporting in the ‘out of the window period’, not immediately consulting a doctor after symptoms manifest, unavailability of certain medicines on time and comorbidities (found in 141 of the 235 patients) were the reasons why the infection had proved fatal for so many young people, several doctors TOI spoke to said.
Doctors and health department officials also pointed out that this age group was un-vaccinated and accounted for a majority of Covid cases that were recorded.
More men succumbed to the infection (140) than women (95) in this period.
Dr Shiba Kalyan Biswal, consultant (pulmonary) at Narayana Hospital, said, “In the previous wave of this pandemic, young individuals were seen to be less affected.
A section of this group somehow unknowingly delayed treatment (during the current second wave).