nih recent overview of covid19:
--...Others at highest risk for COVID-19 are people of any age with certain underlying conditions:
Hypertension, Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Chronic respiratory disease, Cancer, Renal disease, and Obesity.
... The spectrum of illness can range from asymptomatic infection to severe pneumonia with acute respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS) and death. In a summary of 72,314 persons with COVID-19 in China, 81% of
cases were reported to be mild, 14% were severe, and 5% were critical.
... hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 in the United States, the most common presenting
symptoms were cough (86%), fever or chills (85%), and shortness of breath (80%), diarrhea (27%), and
nausea (24%).7 Other reported symptoms have included, but are not limited to, sputum production,
headache, dizziness, rhinorrhea, anosmia (loss of smell), dysgeusia (altered taste), sore throat, abdominal
pain, anorexia and vomiting.
...More than 20 diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection have received Emergency Use Authorization by
the Food and Drug Administration.13 Formal comparisons of these tests are in progress.--
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