Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Medical News And Information -- March 13, 2020

Daily Mail: How the coronavirus is deadliest for the over-80s and how patients with underlying health problems from heart disease, diabetes and asthma are most vulnerable

* Scientists in China have crunched coronavirus numbers to reveal the fatality rate
* Data shows 10.5% of heart disease patients with COVID-19 died
* 7.3% of diabetics and 6.3% of people with chronic respiratory diseases died
* It comes after Boris Johnson warned 'many' more will become victims

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 who became ill with COVID-19 died.

The fatality rate was 7.3 per cent for diabetics and 6.3 per cent among people with chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Medical News And Information -- March 13, 2020

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