Comparison of Demographic Profile of COVID-19 Deaths in Between First and Second Waves of the Disease at AIIMS, Patna

Corona virus disease pandemic of 2019 gained peak in India in early 2020 causing exhaustion of health care system which after mitigation again emerged in later march 2021 called second wave. Lot of literature published regarding difference strain, virulence, risk factors etc in between first and second wave. Therefore, a comparative study of demographic profile of COVID deaths in first and second wave conducted at AIIMS, Patna. The study included a total of 1470 deaths, of which 912 were from the first wave and 458 from the second. The age group over 60 years old saw the highest number of deaths. 51.3% in the first wave and 42.7% in the second. Of the female deaths in the first wave, 21.06% occurred in the first wave, and 28.39% in the second wave. Rural region infection dropped from 50.66% in the first wave to 37.33%.