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Obesity raises the risk of dying from coronavirus by nearly 40 per cent, according to a major study of data collected from NHS hospitals. The research, based on 17,000 COVID-19 admissions, revealed that overall a third of Britons hospitalised with the life-threatening virus die. Death rates were 37 per cent higher among obese patients, second … Read more
Obesity raises the risk of dying from coronavirus by nearly 40 per cent, according to a major study of data collected from NHS hospitals. The research, based on 17,000 COVID-19 admissions, revealed that overall a third of Britons hospitalised with the life-threatening virus die. Death rates were 37 per cent higher among obese patients, second … Read more
Boy, 11, with no underlying health issues is among latest 917 to die from coronavirus in UK as death toll hits 9,875 By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 14:23 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 14:28 BST, 11 April 2020 An 11-year-old boy with no underlying health issues is among a further 917 patients who … Read more
Having an underlying health condition raises the risk of being admitted to ICU or dying by almost 80 per cent, a study has found. The odds are even higher for those with two conditions, according to research of almost 1,600 hospital patients in China. Overall, 20 per cent of patients with any health condition ended … Read more
A mother with no underlying health conditions has died from coronavirus after attending a funeral where 17 mourners suspect they caught the disease. Sheila Brooks, 86, from Halesowen, in the West Midlands, passed away last month and nearly all her extended family attended the service two weeks ago. But within days her niece Susan Nelson, … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll rocketed by 260 to 1,019 today as the UK suffered its worst day yet and saw a huge spike in victims, 13 of which were found to have no underlying health conditions. Across the country a total of 120,776 coronavirus tests have taken place, and a whopping 17,089 have come back … Read more
Schoolgirl, 16, with no underlying medical conditions becomes France’s youngest coronavirus victim after developing ‘a slight cough’ Tributes are being paid to Julie A., 16, who died at the Necker hospital in Paris She was first rushed to her local family doctors on Tuesday and then transferred Her sister Manon now wants to warn of the … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Scientists have crunched coronavirus statistics to reveal the fatality rate for infected patients with underlying health problems. Data shows patients with pre-existing conditions are more likely to suffer severe illness and die because their immune systems are weaker. Researchers in China, who studied more than 72,000 patients, found 10.5 per cent of heart disease sufferers … Read more