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Researchers have studied mortality among those infected with corona in Germany at the beginning of the pandemic and compared it with figures for the summer, VG reports.
And mortality has decreased, even in the elderly. In the last week of April, the death rate was 29 percent in people older than 80, according to the study.
By the last week of June, mortality had fallen to 17 percent and 11 percent since mid-July. This means a reduction of 61 percent.
A similar pattern can be seen in other age groups as well, according to the researchers. Regarding the ages 60 to 79, the mortality rate averaged nine percent in March / April and two percent in July / August.
Previously, the death rate was stable relative to the infection rate, but now the death rate has decreased, even though the infection rate is increasing, according to the researchers.
Seen the same trends in Norway
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has experienced a similar trend, where the number of critically ill and dead has declined despite rising infections. Line Vold, head of the department, tells VG that they believe this is partly due to the fact that a higher proportion of infected people are young, but also because more people with mild illnesses are detected earlier by testing in all groups. old.
– It may also happen that we see the effect of having experience treating more patients now and thus being able to provide better care.
The researchers will investigate whether the pattern continues in the same way throughout the fall and winter, and will try to compare the figures with other countries.
Earlier, a study by the Swedish Public Health Agency showed that 4.3 percent of people over 70 who were infected in Stockholm died during the second half of March, and that the death rate was 0.1 percent among people under 70 years of age.
