SunStar February 06, 2021 If it’s any consolation, in the US, the country which leads the global tally of coronavirus cases at 26.6 million and deaths at 451,000, as of Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, “the demographics of who dies from the disease has not changed” since it was first detected there in January last year. According to Dr. Thomas Holland of Duke University, the hardest hit sectors continue to be the elderly, accounting for eight out of 10 deaths based on figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and those with existing health conditions like cancer, kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, among others.