Around 40% of Switzerland's COVID-19 intensive care patients were under 60 years old, according to a new report
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Darcy Schild
Jun 1, 2020, 01:15 IST
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Around 40% of coronavirus patients in intensive care in Switzerland were under 60 years old, according to the Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine in results published on Saturday by Swiss media network SRF.
The report showed that of the country's ICU patients under 60, more than a third did not have "relevant pre-existing conditions."
COVID-19 patients under 60 in intensive care in Switzerland were more likely to survive than older age groups also in intensive care, the report concluded.
Switzerland has reported a total of 30,845 COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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A new report published by the Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SSICM) shows that among Switzerland's COVID-19 patients in intensive care, around 40% were under 60 years old.
Antje Heise, deputy president of the SSCIM, told SRF: "For the large majority of patients on intensive care units, and these include younger patients, it's a long process. Afterwards they have to spend a certain time on a normal ward. After that, it's not so easy for them to simply go back to working again."
However, the SSCIM reported, the majority of deaths occurred in COVID-19 intensive care patients over the age of 60, while the younger patients generally survived.
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While there is still much to discover about how the novel coronavirus affects different populations, including kids and pregnant women, the latest report from Switzerland appears to mirror reports from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the age distribution of COVID-19 patients.
In the US, a nearly 30% of confirmed coronavirus cases have been among people between 20–44, according to the CDC.
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