Prognosis
More Critical Covid Patients Die in Africa Due to Poor Resources
- Death rate is almost half of patients vs 32% globally
- Study cites lack of intensive-care resources on continent
Healthcare workers check the monitor of a Covid-19 patient in the ICU of the makeshift hospital at an event center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 18.
Photographer: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/Getty Images
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Critically ill Covid patients in Africa face an outsize risk of death, mainly because health systems lack key resources like hospital beds and oxygen machines, according to a study.
The death rate in the month after admission to intensive care is about 48% on the continent, compared with about 32% globally, according to a report published Thursday in The Lancet.