New study identifies characteristics of patients with fatal Covid-19

Researchers have identified the most common characteristics of 85 Covid-19 patients who died in Wuhan, China in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.  The paper was published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and reports on commonalities of the largest group of coronavirus patient deaths to be studied to date. Researchers from China and the US report on an analysis of the electronic health records of patients with Covid-19 who died despite treatment at two hospitals in Wuhan: Hanan Hospital and Wuhan Union Hospital between January 9 and February 15, 2020.  Greatest number of deaths