Prognosis
Half of Baja California’s Coronavirus Patients in Hospitals Are Dying
- People are afraid of hospitals and wait too long for admission
- Study in NYC found 8.8% of those hospitalized with virus died
First responders transport a paitent with respiratory problems at the IMSS Hospital General Regional 1 in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico.
Photographer: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
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Half the Covid-19 patients who go to the hospital in Mexico’s border state of Baja California die, an alarming rate that experts attribute to people waiting too long to seek admission because they fear the poor conditions of hospitals.