Americans are particularly vulnerable because of their high obesity rates. FMTNews Covid19
The overweight factor has been cited as a possible explanation for higher than average death rates in the US.
“This virus is terrible, it can hit young people, in particular obese young people. Those who are overweight really need to be careful,” Delfraissy told franceinfo radio. “Initial data show that the number of people who may have developed immunity is lower than we imagined, about 10-15%,” said the veteran infectious diseases specialist who has led French research into Ebola and AIDS.
On Tuesday, the number of Covid-19 patients in ICU rose by just 59 to 7,131 but the number of confirmed and probable cases reported nationally jumped by a record 11,059 or 11% to 109,069 as more and more nursing homes declared cumulative data for the first time.
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