Makhachkala, 4 February. Mortality from coronavirus infection in Dagestan rose to 4,4%, follows from the data of the regional operational headquarters to combat the spread of COVID-19. The reasons for this are the number of centenarians and the late appeal of those infected for medical help., considers the chief freelance pulmonologist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic Kubatai Masuev.
According to the latest data, in Dagestan for the entire time of the pandemic died 1259 human. During the same period, the coronavirus was confirmed in 28,2 thousand. In this way, the death rate from COVID-19 in the republic rose to 4,4%. This figure is slightly higher only in the Krasnodar Territory. (4,4%) and Chuvashia (4,5%).
As FAN explained Kubatai Masuev, Dagestan is characterized by the same features of the course of coronavirus infection, as for any other region of Russia. At the same time, the republic has its own specific factors., affecting the severity of the disease and, respectively, mortality.
"Known, that the severity of COVID-19 increases exponentially with age. The highest mortality rate in our country is in patients older than 60 years. However, there are many centenarians in Dagestan, and our practice shows, what the patients, who got sick after 80 years, lethality is above 30%", - said the doctor.
Masuev considers the time of seeking medical help to be another important factor.. Inhabitants of the Republic, usually, drag this moment.
"Mentality, probably, we have one - when you get sick, need to self-medicate. In the first days with a diagnosis, only a few are admitted to hospitals, on average, patients are brought only on the seventh or eighth day. All this time they are being treated on the advice of neighbors or someone else., but don't go to the doctor. As a result, time is hopelessly lost.”, – emphasized the pulmonologist.
Earlier, Kubatai Masuev told FAN about ways to protect yourself from getting coronavirus into the lungs, even if the infection has already entered the oral or nasal cavity. he noted, that domestic developments are actively used in China.
Author: Gasan Hasanov
