Covid fatality rate for 51+ age group 3 times of overall in Nagpur district

Nagpur: The case fatality rate (CFR) of Covid-19 in the age group 51 and above is almost three times the overall CFR in the district. CFR in age group 16-30 is eight times less than the overall CFR. Overall CFR is 2.8%.
District civil surgeon VD Paturkar has for the first time released age-wise data for 86,080 positive cases and 2,446 deaths registered in the district as on October 8. Outstation patients were not considered.
The highest 34,382 positive cases were reported from the age group 31-50 years, which is 39.9% of total cases. The age-group reported 506 deaths for CFR 1.5%.
Second highest 24,403 cases were in the age group 51 and above, which is 28.35% of deaths. But the group reported highest 1,862 deaths for CFR of 7.6%. Of the total 2,446 fatalities in the district, 76.1% are from this age group.
Death analysis earlier done by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for city and Zilla Parishad (ZP) for rural areas had revealed that deaths in the 51 and above age group were more due to comorbidities, and late testing and reporting to Covid hospitals. Majority of the victims were patients of diabetes, hyper tension along with obesity.
In the age group 16-30 years, there were 21,603 (25.10%) positive cases, of which 71 died for CFR of 0.3%. CFR in age group 0-15 years is even less (0.1%). Positive cases in this group were 5,692, of which seven died. The deaths are less in these two groups probably due to good immunity level and non-comorbid conditions.
The number of positive cases (28.4%) in the 51 and above age group from the district were less as compared to the state (33.3%).
The state and district reported almost same number of cases in the age group 31-50 years (40% and 39.2%).
At 31.7%, positive cases in the age group 0-30 years are higher in the district than the state (27.5%).