KEY POINTS
  • The new strain of coronavirus sweeping across China has been more fatal in men than women, a new study found.
  • Chinese researchers analyzed 72,314 patient records, making it the largest study on the outbreak to date.
  • Elderly people and those with preexisting health conditions were most at risk of contracting a fatal case of COVID-19, researchers noted.
A nurse in a protective suit feeds a coronavirus patient inside an isolated ward at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University on February 8, 2020.

Men have a higher risk of death than women if they contract the new strain of coronavirus, Chinese researchers concluded in the largest study on the outbreak to date.

In research published Monday, analysts studied 72,314 patient records from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.