How were the underlying conditions for people considered higher risk of serious illness with COVID-19 selected?

Written by Harsh Jain
Apr 15, 2020

This list is based on:

• What we are learning from the outbreak in other countries and in the United States.
• What we know about risk from other respiratory infections, like flu. As CDC gets more information about COVID-19 cases here in the United States, we will update this list as needed.

Source: CDC, USA

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