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Excess mortality due to COVID-19 in Germany
SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted by droplets and likely aerosols. The median incubation period is about 5-6 days (range 1-14 days)1 and the median age at confirmed infection in Germany is 49 years. Typical symptoms include fever, cough, anosmia, ageusia, and pneumonia. The mortality rate of COVID-19 is higher among elderly and among ethnicities other than Caucasians. Furthermore, a markedly higher mortality rate has been observed for several comorbidities including obesity class II (BMI 35 •0-39•9 kg/m2) and III (BMI 40•0+ kg/m2), uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, malignancies in the previous year, severely reduced glomerular...
Source: Journal of Infection - September 17, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Andreas Stang, Fabian Standl, Bernd Kowall, Bastian Brune, Juliane B öttcher, Marcus Brinkmann, Ulf Dittmer, Karl-Heinz Jöckel Source Type: research
