Higher coronavirus disease-19 mortality linked to comorbidities: A comparison between low-middle income and high-income countries.

Globally, it has been found that NCDs contribute to 48% of premature deaths and nearly 40 million NCD mortality in 2015.[ 3 ] The COVID-19 mortality among patients has shown an increasing trend among those with age more than 60 years, and people with preexisting conditions (such as heart diseases, diabetes, kidney diseases, and respiratory conditions).[ 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 ] It has also been found that severity of COVID-19 was higher among patients with preexisting NCDs such as hypertension (23

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