Equal risk, unequal burden? Gender differentials in COVID-19 mortality in India

Early reports on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case fatalities in India suggests that males are at a greater disadvantage than females, but it is unclear whether males experience a higher risk of mortality throughout the age-spectrum or there are sex-differentials in survival risk. We adopt a gender lens and present a disaggregated view of age-sex specific COVID-19 infection and mortality risk in India.