Smokers and people with COPD hospitalized for COVID are at a greater risk of dying, study finds
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a group of diseases that block the airways and cause breathing problems, and is mostly caused by smoking. Severely ill coronavirus patients with COPD had a 63% risk - nearly double - of suffering from complications compared to 33.4% of those without COPD.
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