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Diabetes almost doubles risk of death from Covid

People with diabetes were almost twice as likely to die with Covid & almost three times as likely to be critically or severely ill

By Danielle Norton May 10, 2022 Updated July 4, 2022 3 min read

People with diabetes were almost twice as likely to die with Covid and almost three times as likely to be critically or severely ill compared to those without diabetes. However, the study conducted by researchers from the University of Aberdeen which reviewed data from hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world, also found that good management of the…