Persons with serious mental illnesses, like schizophrenia and psychosis, had higher risk of dying after contracting COVID-19 than people without such illnesses.
The study also looked at how race affected the chance of dying from COVID-19, and it found that Black Caribbean/Black African people had a 22 percent higher death risk than White people, regardless of whether they had serious mental illness.
1. In this retrospective cohort study, a greater volume of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) testing of staff members in skilled nursing facilities reduced the incidence of COVID-19 cases and deaths. 2. In the data subset after vaccines became available, the volume of COVID-19 testing of staff members in skills nursing facilities was not associated with incidence