One in five virus deaths in Africa is of a diabetic

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Diabetes was found to increase the risk of death from Covid-19 by more than two-fold. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

About one in five or 18.3 percent of Covid-19 deaths in Africa were found to be among people with diabetes, an analysis by the World Health Organisation found.

By November 24, the continent had recorded 2,080,923 cases and 49,975 deaths, a caseload much lower in both absolute and per capita terms than those of Europe and the Americas.