Diabetes doubles risk of dying from coronavirus, study finds
- Research published in The Lancet found that people with poorly controlled diabetes and comorbidities are ‘especially vulnerable’ to Covid-19
- An estimated 463 million adults were affected with diabetes in 2019 and Saturday is World Diabetes Day
Saturday is World Diabetes Day.
According to the article, “the vulnerability of people with diabetes during a public health emergency became evident by their at least two times increased risk of severe disease or death” after contracting the virus.
“Individuals with poorly controlled diabetes, comorbidities, or both” are “especially” vulnerable to Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, doctors and scientists from countries including China, Australia, South Africa and the United States found.
According to official data put together by Johns Hopkins University, almost 1.3 million people have died after catching the virus.
Official data shows over 52 million infections, though the World Health Organization said in October that the real number could be over 700 million.