A new Centers for Disease Control report shows 94% of people who died from COVID-19 in the U.S. had contributing health conditions.
6% of cases in the U.S. from Feb. 1 to Aug. 22, this doesn't mean that the virus was not a contributing factor or, indeed, the leading cause in the other 94%. The U.S. virus death toll would be much lower if this were the case.
are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19. "People can live with obesity, diabetes or heart disease for years but then get infected with COVID-19 and die quickly," CNN points out.For deaths with conditions or causes as well as COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death, according to the CDC.Influenza and pneumonia.
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