MOSCOW, 30 Jul — RIA Novosti. Scientists have discovered, what diseases have the greatest impact on risks in the coronavirus. Reported by the Daily Mail, citing a report from the organization of ISARIC.
Experts analysed data for 16 749 cases of hospitalization coronavirus in hospitals in the UK. It is noted that 53 percent of the infected had from one to several chronic diseases, while the mortality rate of these patients was almost 40 percent higher.
So, according to scientists, the most dangerous concomitant disease was dementia in which risks death was higher by 39 percent. Obesity increases mortality by 37 percent, and diseases of the cardiovascular system – 31 percent.
Experts say that diseases such as diabetes, asthma and kidney disease also increase the risk of death during the coronavirus.
In the world, according to who statistics, more than three million infected, 208 thousand of them died. According to estimates of the American Johns Hopkins University, figures are higher: 3.2 million patients and 228 thousand deaths.
In the first place the number of victims and cases of the United States, there is a regime of a major disaster. A list of the most susceptible to coronavirus States also include Spain, Italy, France, Germany, UK and Turkey.
Russia ranked eighth in the number of infected, ahead of Iran and China — almost 100 thousand infected (most of them in Moscow). For all the time died 972 people, more than 10 thousand recovered. Authorities urged citizens to observe all precautions, including keep your distance in public places.
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