Africa has much higher mortality rate for very ill Covid patients - Study
Africa has much higher mortality rate for very ill Covid patients - Study Saturday May 22 2021 Summary The study followed 3,000 coronavirus patients admitted to intensive care units across 10 African countries between May and December last year. Almost half of them died within 30 days of admission. Advertisement Seriously ill Covid-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those on other continents, which could be because of a lack of critical care equipment, a study published Friday said. Africa's populations have so far been less badly hit by the pandemic than other regio...