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Review
. 2020 Dec;67(4S):S167-S172.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2020.09.031. Epub 2020 Oct 8.

Morbidity and mortality trends of Covid 19 in top 10 countries

Shanker Matta  1 , K K Chopra  2 , V K Arora  3
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Review

Morbidity and mortality trends of Covid 19 in top 10 countries

Shanker Matta et al. Indian J Tuberc. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

The present article highlights morbidity and mortality trends of Covid 19 in the last 3 months in top 10 countries of the world. In spite of efforts being undertaken, all countries are showing an increasing trend in terms of morbidity and mortality. The order of countries in terms of mortality and morbidity has changed in the last 3 months. Various efforts are being undertaken by WHO and other agencies world over including the vaccine development initiative.

Keywords: Human corona viruses (HCoV 229E, NL63, OC43, And HKU1); Morbidity; Mortality; SARS-CoV-2.

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