The result of the first large-scale study of the Central Government’s National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 (NCRC) data, released recently by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), states that hospital mortality among COVID patients in the country was higher among those admitted with chronic kidney and liver disease, malignancy and tuberculosis.
Previous studies have already indicated that diabetes mellitus and advanced age contribute to a higher percentage of mortality among COVID patients.
NCRC’s stock-taking study of the pandemic showed that of the 29,509 patients enrolled for the study, 3,794 (12.9%) were asymptomatic at the time of admission and were admitted due to conditions other than COVID-19 and later diagnosed with COVID-19 or developed COVID-19 during the course of hospitalisation.
