Risk for In-Hospital Complications Associated with COVID-19 and Influenza - Veterans Health Administration, United States, October 1, 2018-May 31, 2020

Published on October 22, 2020

The figure explains that, compared with Veterans Health Administration patients hospitalized with flu, hospitalized COVID-19 patients had a higher risk for complications and death.

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