High risk groups for severe COVID-19 in a whole of population cohort in Australia

Abstract Background Increasing age is the strongest known risk factor for severe COVID-19 disease but information on other factors is more limited. Methods All cases of COVID-19 diagnosed from January–October 2020 in New South Wales Australia were followed for COVID-19-related hospitalisations, inte...

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Main Authors: Bette Liu, Paula Spokes, Wenqiang He, John Kaldor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06378-z