Demographic Profile of COVID-19 Cases: An Early Analysis of the Local Outbreak in a “Hotspot District” of Western Rajasthan in India

Abstract

The pandemic of coronavirus disease has created a global emergency after its origin in China, in December 2019. We investigated SARS-CoV-2 infection in the local population of a prime city of Western Rajasthan in India and found that the co-morbidities like diabetes (54.3%), cardiovascular diseases (28.8%), chronic respiratory conditions (18.4%) are the predominant risk factors for acquiring the infection. The young adult male population from urban area were maximum affected by the disease. Most common presenting complains were dry cough (65.7%), fever (62.3%) followed by sore throat (24.1%). A declining positive case percentage was found over the study period, though the number of samples received for SARS-CoV-2 testing increased with time, implying the effectiveness of government policies at community level to spread the outbreak.