Corona patient deaths in the US are five times more than flu patients

ILLUSTRATION. Corona patient deaths in the US are five times more than flu patients. REUTERS / Ronen Zvulun

Source: Reuters | Editor: Hasbi Maulana

KONTAN.CO.ID – WASHINGTON. The higher complication rate with COVID-19 is much higher than with a bad flu, according to a new study in the United States.

Researchers compared 3,948 adults who were hospitalized for COVID-19 with 5,453 hospitalized in previous years for influenza.

The results of the research are summarized by Reuters, flu patients have a higher rate of underlying medical conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes than do Corona patients.

Even so, COVID-19 patients have a five times higher death rate and about twice as many intensive care unit requirements. Corona patients also need about twice the number of days in hospital than flu patients.

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The corona patients studied also had a higher rate of disease complications. There are 17 different disease complications including those involving the lungs, blood, heart, blood vessels, nervous system, kidneys and liver.

The study, published on Tuesday (20/10) in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that the risk of complications from COVID-19 was higher among blacks, Hispanics and other non-white patients.

“This gap provides further evidence that racial and ethnic minority groups in the US are disproportionately affected by COVID-19,” the researchers said.

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