Unlike the rest of the world, Canada is seeing more COVID-19 deaths in women than in men. Here's why.

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• While the rest of the world is witnessing more men dying of COVID-19 than women, Canada is one of the only countries where that statistic has been reversed. 
• The Canadian province of Quebec is seeing the biggest gender disparity in coronavirus cases, with women making up 59.4% of confirmed coronavirus cases and 54.6% of deaths.
• Experts believe that the data could be skewed towards females because the province has seen the majority of its outbreak occur in long-term care homes, where the population of females is a lot higher.
• Another factor is that healthcare workers in the province — of which 80% are female — have also been largely affected.
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Early research into the novel coronavirus has shown an unusual pattern among COVID-19 patients: more men are dying than women.

But Canada seems to be bucking the global trend, with the latest data showing that it is one of the few countries where women have higher death and infection rates than men.

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