More men have been infected, and a higher proportion of men have died from Covid-19 than women around the world, data shows. Sabra Klein, a scientist who studies sex differences in viral infections at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, says “being male is as much a  31  factor for the coronavirus as being old”. 

  But something puzzling is happening in India. New research by a group of scientists in India shows that  32  men make up the majority of infections, women face a higher possibility of dying from the coronavirus than men. The study,  33  on Covid-19 deaths in India until 20 May, shows early estimates that 3.3% of all women contracting the infection in India were dying compared to 2.9% of all men. 

  Scientists are trying to figure out possible explanations. Women outlive men in India and there are  34  women than men. Is this leading to more deaths among women, as elderly people are vulnerable to the infection? Also, women in India are more likely to delay going to doctors, and often self-medicate at home. And a woman’s health is more likely to be  35  in a household. So it is possible that women are arriving late for testing and treatment.