Prevalence of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) In District Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

Coronaviruses are the largest, enveloped, single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses. There are seven coronaviruses known to be associated with human illness. Four human coronaviruses, HCoV 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1, have caused upper respiratory tract infections in adults and are prevalent worldwide. The most serious strains, which can cause lower respiratory tract infections and acute respiratory distress syndrome, include SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2. At the end of 2019, the leading pandemic, COVID-19, was initially discovered and reported in Wuhan City, China's Hubei region. The disease, also named Wuhan pneumonia, is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease spread quickly to other provinces of China and overseas. On February 26, 2020, two instances of the virus were reported in Pakistan, one was a student who had recently arrived from Iran, and the other included a person in the Islamabad Capital Territory. The purpose of this study is to investigate the COVID-19 prevalence in District Haripur. Our study included the analysis of COVID-19 cases based on disease status, age, gender, and area. The secondary data about COVID-19 cases were collected from the DHO (District Health Office) Haripur. Three months of data (April 2021-June 2021) of 986 patients; 603 (61.2%) males and 383(38.8%) females were statistically analyzed. COVID-19 was found to be more prevalent among the 41-60 years age group (38.0%) as compared to the below 20 age group (5.0%), 21-40 age group (36.4%), 61-80 age group (19.4%), and above 80 age group (1.2%). COVID-19 was found to be more prevalent in rural areas (51.4%) as compared to urban areas (48.6%). From the above discussion, we conclude that COVID-19 is more prevalent among people in the age group 41-60 due to a weak immune system.