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		</div><p>The death rate for people infected with coronavirus is “significantly ramped up” among people over the age of 80, officials said.</p>
<p>England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said that overall around 1% of people who become infected “might end up dying”.</p>
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<p>The UK government’s new battle plan for tackling the virus states that the elderly and people with pre-existing illnesses would be at highest risk.</p>
<p>Worst-case scenario planning has estimated that up to 80% of the population could become infected.</p>
<p>But Prof Whitty said the figure was likely to be much lower.</p>
<p>The Covid-19 action plan states that among those who become infected, some will exhibit no symptoms and other will have a “mild-to-moderate self-limiting illness”.</p>
<p>But a minority of people could develop complications – such as pneumonia – severe enough to require hospital care.</p>
<p>“In a small proportion of these, the illness may be severe enough to lead to death,” it states.</p>
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<p>The document adds that “the risk of severe disease and death increases among elderly people and in people with underlying health risk conditions”.</p>
<p>Following the launch of the action plan, Prof Whitty said: “Overall, probably around 1% of people who get this virus might end up dying based on the Chinese experience.</p>
<p>“To be clear that therefore means 99% of people will not.</p>
<p>“If a higher proportion than we are currently aware of, get the infection without any symptoms that mortality rate will go down.</p>
<p>“But let’s take 1% overall as the current reasonable figure. It goes up a bit in people who are older and more vulnerable. It will be much lower than that in younger people who have no other health problems.</p>
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