Coronavirus death rates in South Korea reinforce a frightening pattern of how the disease affects older people

https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-death-rates-south-korea-202500668.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-death-rates-by-age-south-korea?utm_source=yahoo.com&utm_medium=referral

Andy Kiersz
Mar. 11, 2020

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While South Korea reported 2,718 cases among patients under 30 as of March 11, there were zero deaths from COVID-19 among those younger patients. Only one patient between the ages of 30 and 39 had died, and only one patient in their 40s died.

Older patients, however, were more likely to die from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Patients older than 80 had a 7.2% death rate through March 11:

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