Assessment of mortality in correlation with comorbidities in COVID-19 patients of Telangana state.

Abstract

Background The mortality data of COVID cases around the world has less explored in relation to comorbidities.The dogma/question to be answered is that the virus perse resulting or any comorbidities contributing to such frightened deaths.The aim of the study is to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 201 deceased from Telangana. We retrospectively collected all consecutive death cases with laboratory‐confirmed COVID‐19 infection admitted from March to mid-June at Gandhi Hospital the nodal centre designated for COVID-19 in Telangana. Clinical history, comorbidities, laboratory findings and treatment were recorded for each patient.Results A total of 15394 patients with confirmed COVID‐19 test were admitted at Isolation wards between March 2020 and June 2020 and 253 death cases were reported till the submission of this paper. The mean age of death is 57.0 ys in our study, 40.7% (88) deaths were above 60 years and 71.4% (147) were male. Several comorbid conditions existed with COVID-19 death cases among which hypertension being the most common comorbidity (60.1%). Lymphopenia was observed in 46% cases while lymphopenia with comorbidity was recorded in 63% cases.Conclusion In this retrospective study, most of the COVID‐19 deceased patients were elderly male aged with an age range from 50-60 yrs and above. Mortality rate and severity are higher in males than females. Our study indicated the importance of understanding comorbid conditions in COVID‐19 cases especially Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus as they were more likely succumb to death.

A Multidisciplinary Public Health Approach through Community Engagement in COVID-19 Prevention and Control - A Proposal for Bhadradri Kothagudem District in Telangana State

“…Comorbidity was observed mainly due to hypertension and diabetes mellitus pertaining to high risk and mortality. [3] By the end of June 2021, the daily positivity rate of COVID-19 infection in the State was observed to be around 0.9%, case fatality constant at 0.58% against 1.3% at the national level, cumulative positivity rate stands at 3.43% and recovery rate stands at 96.82% against 96.58% at the national level with a total of 1,80,07,658 tests done in the state since March first week last year.…”