As per the report prepared by Italy's COVID-19 Surveillance Group and published on March 30, the average age of deaths of 84per cent of corona positive patients is above 70 years. The report also shows the number of cases of deaths who are positive has surged upto 10,026. Dr Indrajit Khandekar, professor of Forensic Medicine at MGIMS- Sewagram said that the average age of patients dying for COVID-19 infection was 78.  Women dying for COVID-2019 infection had an older age than men i.e., average age is 82. 84 per cent of the deceased are over 70 years old and 10 per cent of the deceased are over 90 years old.

Overall, 51.7 per cent of the deceased presented was already suffering from three or more chronic diseases, 24.5per cent with 2 chronic diseases, 21.6 per cent with single chronic disease and 2.1 per cent without any other disease.  Chronic diseases include in particular cardiovascular problems, diabetes, respiratory problems, and cancer. Experts say, in such cases whether the actual cause of death was the coronavirus or already existing diseases is not yet known, says Khandekar.