Authors: Rakesh Kumar, Sanwal Singh Mehta, Chanjiv Singh
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.
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