Report: 1 in 8 patients recovered from COVID-19 die within 5 months

Almost a third of patients who recovered from COVID-19 were readmitted to hospital within five months and one in eight died, according to a report from the University of Leicester and the Office for National Statistics in the UK, statistics showed that of 47,780 people who were discharged from hospital in the first wave of COVID-19, 29.4% returned to hospital and 12.3% died of COVID-19 issues.

According to the Daily Mail, many COVID-19 survivors develop serious health conditions such as heart problems, diabetes, and chronic kidney and liver disease. Study author Kamlesh Khunti, professor of primary care diabetes and vascular medicine at the University of Leicester, said it was the largest study of its kind to date on patient follow-up with COVID-19.

“People seem to go home, have long term effects, come back and die. We see that 30% have been readmitted, and that’s a lot of people. The numbers are so important, ”he said, according to the Daily Mail.

The study found that survivors of the disease were nearly three and a half times more likely to be readmitted and die within 140 days than other outpatients, according to the New York Post. Khunti said the patients had been readmitted with a new diagnosis, such as diabetes or liver disease, and said it was important for COVID-19 survivors to be placed on protective therapies such as statins and aspirin.

“We don’t know if it’s because COVID-19 has destroyed the beta cells that make insulin, and you have type 1 diabetes, or if it’s causing insulin resistance, and you’re developing type 2, but we’re seeing these surprising new diagnoses of diabetes. He said, according to the Post.