Risk of Clinical Severity by Age and Race/Ethnicity Among Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19-United States, March-September 2020.

Audrey Flak PenningtonLyudmyla KompaniyetsApril D SummersMelissa L DanielsonAlyson B GoodmanJennifer R ChevinskyLeigh Ellyn PrestonLyna Z SchieberGonza NamulandaJoseph CourtneyHeather M StrosniderTegan K BoehmerWilliam R Mac KenzieJames BaggsAdi V Gundlapalli

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)

These results indicate that age is a driver of poor outcomes among hospitalized persons with COVID-19. Additionally, clinical severity may be elevated among patients of some racial and ethnic minority groups. Public health strategies to reduce severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection rates among older adults and racial and ethnic minorities are essential to reduce poor outcomes.

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