The risk of death has been difficult to calculate, as it relies on accurate numbers of those who have symptoms but survive – and some countries, including the US, have been slow to increase capacity for testing. A small study of people who contracted covid-19 in Wuhan suggests that the risk of death increases with age, and is also higher for those who have diabetes, disease, blood clotting problems, or have shown signs of sepsis.
Children, on the other hand, seem to be less likely to get severely ill and die from the new corona-virus, possibly due to less developed immune responses. Pregnant people don’t seem to be at greater risk of experiencing severe covid-19 than other adults, and it doesn’t seem to pass on to fetuses, but further, larger studies are needed to confirm this.
Young, healthy adults are still at risk of contracting covid-19 and developing severe, life-threatening disease.
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