Authors : Rakesh Kumar, Sanwal Singh Mehta, Chanjiv Singh
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijfcm.2020.022
Volume : 7
Issue : 2
Year : 2020
Page No : 103-105
The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Numerous persons have been infected with COVID-19 in India and many have died. Fear of COVID-19
in public as well as in medical fraternity has created a panic which has deprived the general patients of
proper medical care. In civil hospital Jalandhar 39 cases of COVID-19 positive and suspects died during
lockdown/curfew period under study. The aims of the present study are to analyse the following data during
the lockdown period of 23/03/2020 to 31/05/2020. Males constituted 57% of the patients. Co morbid
conditions were Diabetes mellitus and Respiratory diseases. The most numerous patients were from 21-
30 years age group. Death rate was 3%. Although this was a small sample, the findings were significant.
Keywords: COVID 19, Pandemic, Co morbid, Diabetes mellitus, Parenchymal lung disease, Spanish flu, Asian flu, Hong Kong flu.