Chronic disease distribution of COVID-19 patients in China 2020
According to a medical analysis based on 44,672 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in China published in February 2020, a quarter of the patients had a chronical medical illness history. Approximately 12.8 percent of the surveyed patients suffered from hypertension. Another medical research found out that patients with pre-existing health conditions had a much higher crude fatality rate than those without.
