Men are much more likely to die from coronavirus - but why?
Trend has been replicated in all nations, but scientists cannot yet fathom the causeCoronavirus - latest updatesCoronavirus - all our coverage
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
Mar 26, 2020
3 minutes
It has been well publicised that Covid-19 discriminates by age and by underlying health conditions.
But it has become increasingly apparent that it also discriminates by sex, with the latest UK data from the Office of National statistics revealing that men are almost twice as likely to die from the disease.
The trend was first seen in China, where found a fatality rate of 2.8% in men compared with 1.7% in women.
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