During a coronavirus pandemic, people with a second blood group may be at risk., said Russia's pediatric surgeon Vladimir Krugly.

“Among those died, there were also more people with a second blood group,” the Moscow news agency quoted the doctor as saying.

The death toll with this blood type, according to him, reached 40%.

According to the latest data, 3,077,007 cases of coronavirus infection and 211,960 deaths due to it have already been recorded globally, while 925, 857 patients have recovered so far.