Risk for death around four times higher from COVID-19 than flu, study finds

LISBON, Portugal — The risk for death from COVID-19 is three to four times higher than it is from influenza among hospitalized patients requiring oxygen therapy, researchers found.
The researchers compared patient outcomes from several recent influenza seasons with outcomes from patients hospitalized for COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic. They presented the findings at the

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