Roy M
Risk factors for Covid-19 in India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
like many developing countries india devastated raging pandemic covid 19 active involvement government community disaster fought however impact uneven across country present study aimed identify factors responsible variation case burden covid19 data demographic factors comorbidities obtained different sources available public domain descriptive statistics used comparison states total 30 states taken account correlation used find association different factors burden covid19 data covid collected till 9th may 2021 burden covid19 strongly related literacy status economy state r 0574 0730 respectively burden selfreported hypertension diabetes also statistically linked burden covid19 r 0539 0721 respectively overweight obesity also associated burden covid19 r 0614 0561 respectively therefore areas high proportion patients comorbidities limited resources may mobilized better outcome states poor literacy health condition suffered tailored intervention wanted reach poor vulnerable