Scientists have uncovered startling statistics on the coronavirus in the United States

In new York, the mortality of patients with the coronavirus, who is on a ventilator, was 88%. This is evidenced by the results of research by American scientists published in the journal JAMA.

Experts have studied the histories of 5.7 thousand people. Most of them suffered from chronic diseases. The most frequent hypertension and obesity.

Of those patients that were connected to artificial ventilation of lungs, died of 88%, i.e. 282. As scholars have noted, the highest percentage mortality was observed among patients older than 65 years, passed away 97%.

In the United States, according to the latest data, was more than 845 thousand cases of infection with coronavirus, died 46,9 thousand people.