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cord-284545-vn60yd46	Sanyaolu, Adekunle	Comorbidity and its Impact on Patients with COVID-19	2020-06-25		.txt	text/plain	3742	182	49	Furthermore, older patients, especially those 65 years old and above who have comorbidities and are infected, have an increased admission rate into the intensive care unit (ICU) and mortality from the COVID-19 disease. This article is part of the Topical Collection on Covid-19 * Adekunle Sanyaolu sanyakunle@hotmail.com 1 Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria A retrospective study of middle-aged and elderly patients with COVID-19 found that the elderly population is more susceptible to this illness and is more likely to be admitted to the ICU with a higher mortality rate [3] . Authorities speculate that subjects with comorbidities were linked to a more severe disease outcome when infected with the novel coronavirus when compared with patients with no underlying disease [31] . Risk factors associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome and death in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia in Wuhan, China	./cache/cord-284545-vn60yd46.txt	./txt/cord-284545-vn60yd46.txt