'That does not mean that someone who has hypertension or diabetes who dies of Covid didn't die of Covid-19. They did,' Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABC's 'Good Morning America.'
Fauci told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that the CDC guidance, laston Aug. 26, indicates that of the people who have died from the virus, "a certain percentage of them had nothing else but just Covid." However, that does not mean someone with an underlying illness didn't die of Covid-19, Fauci said.
"That does not mean that someone who has hypertension or diabetes who dies of Covid didn't die of Covid-19. They did," Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told GMA. "So the numbers you've been hearing -- there are 180,000 plus deaths -- are real deaths from Covid-19. Let not be any confusion about that."At least 183,600 people have died from Covid-19 in the U.S.
People who are older are at greater risk for serious illness, and possibly death, from Covid-19. The CDCThe risk is also higher for anyone at any age with underlying health conditions, the CDC says. According to the CDC report, thousands of people of all ages with diabetes and hypertension, among other diseases, have died from Covid-19.previously said that the coronavirus poses
a greater risk to those with underlying health conditions, such as diabetes and significant obesity, which are seen in every age group. "Remember, those comorbidities span the entire age group. We do know that we have people in the younger age groups with significant Type 1 diabetes and may also have individuals with significant obesity," Birx said during a task force press briefing in June. "We know that those are risk factors, so risk factors go with your comorbidity, not necessarily with your age.
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