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A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that people with chronic conditions including diabetes, lung disease, and heart disease appear to be at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19.
The report finds 78% of COVID-19 patients in the U.S. requiring admission to the intensive care unit had at least one underlying condition. And 94% of hospitalized patients who died had an underlying condition. The analysis is a preliminary snapshot based on data from about 7,000 cases in the U.S. and about 200 deaths.
“These results are consistent with findings from China and Italy,” the CDC researchers conclude in a report published in the MMWR, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, on Tuesday. These findings “highlight the importance of COVID-19 prevention in persons with underlying conditions,” the paper concludes.
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A person waits in line to get tested for the COVID-19 virus at Brooklyn Hospital Center on Tuesday.
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